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Is alarum a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word alarum is a Scrabble US word. The word alarum is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

A1L1A1R1U1M3

Is alarum a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word alarum is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

A1L1A1R1U1M3

Is alarum a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word alarum is a Words With Friends word. The word alarum is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

A1L2A1R1U2M4

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6-letter words (1 found)

ALARUM,

5-letter words (9 found)

ALARM,AURAL,LARUM,LAURA,MALAR,MURAL,RAMAL,RUMAL,ULAMA,

4-letter words (17 found)

ALAR,ALMA,ALUM,AMLA,ARUM,AULA,AURA,LAMA,LUMA,MAAR,MALA,MARA,MARL,MAUL,MURA,MURL,UMRA,

3-letter words (16 found)

AAL,ALA,ALU,AMA,AMU,ARM,AUA,LAM,LAR,LUM,LUR,MAA,MAL,MAR,RAM,RUM,

2-letter words (9 found)

AA,AL,AM,AR,LA,MA,MU,UM,UR,

You can make 52 words from alarum according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of alarum

alarum

Etymology

From Middle English alarom, from Old Italian all'arme (“to arms, to the weapons”), from Latin arma, armorum (“weapons”).

Noun

alarum (plural alarums)

  1. (normally archaic) A danger signal or warning.
  2. A call to arms.

Derived terms

  • alarums and excursions

Verb

alarum (third-person singular simple present alarums, present participle alaruming, simple past and past participle alarumed)

  1. (archaic) To sound alarums, to sound an alarm.

Usage notes

  • Alarum is an old spelling of alarm (as a noun or a verb), which has stayed around as a deliberate archaism. Possibly it is retained because of its use in Shakespeare's plays.

See also

  • alarm

Anagrams

  • marula

Latin

Noun

ālārum f

  1. genitive plural of āla

Source: wiktionary.org