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Is calumny a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word calumny is a Scrabble US word. The word calumny is worth 14 points in Scrabble:

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Is calumny a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word calumny is a Scrabble UK word and has 14 points:

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Yes. The word calumny is a Words With Friends word. The word calumny is worth 18 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (1 found)

CALUMNY,

6-letter words (1 found)

LUNACY,

5-letter words (6 found)

CALMY,MANLY,MANUL,UNLAY,YAMUN,YULAN,

4-letter words (28 found)

ACYL,ALUM,AMYL,CALM,CANY,CAUL,CAUM,CLAM,CLAN,CLAY,CULM,CYAN,CYMA,LACY,LUMA,LUNA,LUNY,LYAM,MANY,MAUL,MAUN,MYAL,MYNA,NAMU,ULAN,ULNA,YUAN,YUCA,

3-letter words (28 found)

ALU,AMU,ANY,AYU,CAL,CAM,CAN,CAY,CLY,CUM,LAC,LAM,LAY,LUM,LUN,LYM,MAC,MAL,MAN,MAY,MNA,MUN,MYC,NAM,NAY,NYM,YAM,YUM,

2-letter words (15 found)

AL,AM,AN,AY,LA,MA,MU,MY,NA,NU,NY,UM,UN,YA,YU,

You can make 79 words from calumny according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of calumny

calumny

Etymology

From Late Middle English calumnīe (“false accusation, slander; (law) objection raised in bad faith”), borrowed from Old French calomnie (“slander, calumny”) (modern French calomnie), or directly from its etymon Latin calumnia (“false statement, misrepresentation; false accusation, malicious charge”), perhaps related to calvor (“to deceive”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱelh₁- or *ḱh₂l-. The English word is a doublet of challenge.

The verb is derived from French calomnier (“to slander”), from Late Latin calumniāre, from Latin calumpniārī, calumniārī, present active infinitive of calumnior (“to blame unjustly, misrepresent, calumniate; (law) to accuse falsely, bring false information against”), from calumnia (see above) + -or.

Pronunciation

  • Noun:
    • (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈkæləmni/
  • Verb:
    • (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /kəˈlʌmni/
  • Hyphenation: ca‧lum‧ny

Noun

calumny (countable and uncountable, plural calumnies)

  1. (countable) A false accusation or charge brought to tarnish another's reputation or standing.
  2. (uncountable) Falsifications or misrepresentations intended to disparage or discredit another.
    Synonyms: calumniousness, defamation, obloquy, traducement, vilification; see also Thesaurus:slander

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Verb

calumny (third-person singular simple present calumnies, present participle calumnying, simple past and past participle calumnied)

  1. (transitive, formal) To make false accusations or levy false charges against a person with the intent to tarnish that person's reputation or standing; to calumniate.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:defame

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Source: wiktionary.org