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Is asylum a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word asylum is a Scrabble US word. The word asylum is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Is asylum a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word asylum is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

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Is asylum a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word asylum is a Words With Friends word. The word asylum is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (1 found)

ASYLUM,

5-letter words (7 found)

ALUMS,AMYLS,LUMAS,LYAMS,MALUS,MAULS,MAUSY,

4-letter words (23 found)

ALMS,ALUM,ALUS,AMUS,AMYL,AYUS,LAMS,LAYS,LUMA,LUMS,LYAM,LYMS,MALS,MASU,MAUL,MAYS,MYAL,SAUL,SLAM,SLAY,SLUM,SUMY,YAMS,

3-letter words (26 found)

ALS,ALU,AMU,AYS,AYU,LAM,LAS,LAY,LUM,LYM,MAL,MAS,MAY,MUS,SAL,SAM,SAU,SAY,SLY,SMA,SUM,UMS,YAM,YAS,YUM,YUS,

2-letter words (12 found)

AL,AM,AS,AY,LA,MA,MU,MY,UM,US,YA,YU,

You can make 69 words from asylum according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of asylum

asylum

Etymology

From Latin asylum, from Ancient Greek ἄσυλον (ásulon).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əˈsaɪləm/

Noun

asylum (plural asylums or asyla)

  1. A place of safety or refuge.
  2. The protection, physical and legal, afforded by such a place (as, for example, for political refugees).
  3. (dated) A place of protection or restraint for one or more classes of the disadvantaged, especially the mentally ill.

Synonyms

  • sanctuary
  • shelter

Derived terms

Translations

See also

  • non-refoulement
  • refugee

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄσυλον (ásulon).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /aˈsyː.lum/, [äˈs̠yːɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aˈsi.lum/, [äˈs̬iːlum]

Noun

asȳlum n (genitive asȳlī); second declension

  1. asylum (place of refuge), sanctuary
    Synonyms: perfugium, latebra, receptāculum, tēctum, refugium, dēverticulum

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Descendants

References

  • “asylum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “asylum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • asylum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “asylum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “asylum”, in Samuel Ball Platner (1929) Thomas Ashby, editor, A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome, London: Oxford University Press
  • “asylum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

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