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Is calamus a Scrabble word?

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

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

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7-letter words (2 found)

CALAMUS,MACULAS,

6-letter words (6 found)

CASUAL,CAUSAL,LACMUS,MACULA,MASULA,ULAMAS,

5-letter words (22 found)

ALMAS,ALUMS,AMLAS,AULAS,CALMS,CAMAS,CAMUS,CAULS,CAUMS,CAUSA,CLAMS,CULMS,LAMAS,LUMAS,MACAS,MALAS,MALUS,MAULS,MUSCA,SCALA,SUMAC,ULAMA,

4-letter words (42 found)

AALS,ALAS,ALMA,ALMS,ALUM,ALUS,AMAS,AMLA,AMUS,AUAS,AULA,CAAS,CALM,CALS,CAMA,CAMS,CASA,CAUL,CAUM,CLAM,CULM,CUMS,LACS,LAMA,LAMS,LUMA,LUMS,MAAS,MACA,MACS,MALA,MALS,MASA,MASU,MAUL,SAMA,SAUL,SCAM,SCUL,SCUM,SLAM,SLUM,

3-letter words (28 found)

AAL,AAS,ALA,ALS,ALU,AMA,AMU,AUA,CAA,CAL,CAM,CUM,LAC,LAM,LAS,LUM,MAA,MAC,MAL,MAS,MUS,SAC,SAL,SAM,SAU,SMA,SUM,UMS,

2-letter words (9 found)

AA,AL,AM,AS,LA,MA,MU,UM,US,

You can make 109 words from calamus according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of calamus

calamus

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin calamus (“reed, cane”), from Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos). Doublet of calame, culm, haulm, helm (Etymology 4), and shawm.

Noun

calamus (usually uncountable, plural calamuses or calami)

  1. The sweet flag, Acorus calamus.
  2. (ornithology) A quill; the hard, horny, hollow, and more or less transparent part of the stem or scape of a feather.
  3. A fish of genus Calamus in family Sparidae; certain porgies.
  4. A palm in genus Calamus, of rattan palms.
  5. (Christianity, historical) Synonym of fistula (“tube for sucking Eucharist wine”)

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Further reading

  • calamus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Acorus calamus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
  • Calamus (Sparidae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
  • Calamus (Arecaceae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
  • “calamus”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
  • “calamus”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱolh₂mos. Doublet of culmus. Compare calamīna.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈka.la.mus/, [ˈkäɫ̪ämʊs̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈka.la.mus/, [ˈkäːlämus]

Noun

calamus m (genitive calamī); second declension

  1. a reed, cane
  2. (by extension) an object made from a reed, such as a reed pen, arrow, or fishing rod
    • Motto of Keio University:
      Calamus gladio fortior
      The pen is mightier than the sword.
  3. (of plants) a stalk, straw, blade
  4. the hollow arm of a candelabrum
  5. a whistle or musical pipe; sometimes specifically a blown pipe with tone holes

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Derived terms

  • calamārius
  • calamister
  • calamellus

Descendants

References

  • “calamus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “calamus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • calamus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • calamus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “calamus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “calamus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
  • Lexicon musicum Latinum medii aevi, digital version in the Wörterbuchnetz des Trier Center for Digital Humanities, version 01/21, accessed 12 May 2022.[1]

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