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Is aplomb a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word aplomb is a Scrabble US word. The word aplomb is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

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Is aplomb a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word aplomb is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

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6-letter words (1 found)

APLOMB,

4-letter words (12 found)

AMBO,BALM,BLAM,BOLA,BOMA,LAMB,LAMP,LOAM,LOMA,MOLA,OPAL,PALM,

3-letter words (31 found)

ABO,ALB,ALP,AMP,APO,BAL,BAM,BAO,BAP,BOA,BOP,LAB,LAM,LAP,LOB,LOP,MAL,MAP,MOA,MOB,MOL,MOP,OBA,OLM,OMA,OPA,PAL,PAM,POA,POL,POM,

2-letter words (14 found)

AB,AL,AM,BA,BO,LA,LO,MA,MO,OB,OM,OP,PA,PO,

You can make 58 words from aplomb according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of aplomb

aplomb

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French aplomb.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əˈplʌm/, /əˈplɒm/
  • Rhymes: -ʌm, -ɒm

Noun

aplomb (usually uncountable, plural aplombs)

  1. Self-confidence; poise; composure.
  2. (ballet) The apparent elegance and precision exhibited by a confident, accomplished dancer.
  3. The perpendicular; perpendicularity.

Translations

Further reading

  • aplomb on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

From fil à plomb (“plumb line”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.plɔ̃/

Noun

aplomb m (plural aplombs)

  1. vertical line, as measured with a plumb line
    Bien prendre l’aplomb. ― To take well the plumb-line.
  2. (by extension) stability, equilibrium, uprightness, plumb
  3. (figurative) aplomb, self-confidence

Descendants

  • → Catalan: aplom
  • → English: aplomb
  • → Esperanto: aplombo
  • → German: Aplomb
  • → Italian: aplomb
  • → Portuguese: aplomb
  • → Russian: апломб (aplomb)
    • → Georgian: აპლომბი (aṗlombi)

Further reading

  • “aplomb”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French aplomb.

Noun

aplomb m (invariable)

  1. aplomb, self-confidence, poise

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French aplomb.

Noun

aplomb m (usually uncountable, plural aplombs)

  1. aplomb; self-confidence
    Synonyms: autoconfiança, segurança
  2. (ballet) aplomb (elegance and precision exhibited by a dancer)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French aplomb.

Noun

aplomb n (uncountable)

  1. aplomb

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French aplomb.

Noun

aplomb c

  1. (rare) aplomb

Declension

References

  • aplomb in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • aplomb in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • aplomb in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Source: wiktionary.org