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Is camel a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word camel is a Scrabble US word. The word camel is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is camel a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word camel is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

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Yes. The word camel is a Words With Friends word. The word camel is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (3 found)

CAMEL,CLAME,MACLE,

4-letter words (14 found)

ACME,ALEC,ALME,CALM,CAME,CLAM,CLEM,LACE,LAME,LEAM,MACE,MALE,MEAL,MELA,

3-letter words (14 found)

ACE,ALE,AME,CAL,CAM,CEL,ELM,LAC,LAM,LEA,MAC,MAE,MAL,MEL,

2-letter words (9 found)

AE,AL,AM,EA,EL,EM,LA,MA,ME,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 41 words from camel according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of camel

camel acmel cmael mcael amcel macel caeml aceml ceaml ecaml aecml eacml cmeal mceal cemal ecmal mecal emcal amecl maecl aemcl eamcl meacl emacl camle acmle cmale mcale amcle macle calme aclme clame lcame alcme lacme cmlae mclae clmae lcmae mlcae lmcae amlce malce almce lamce mlace lmace caelm acelm cealm ecalm aeclm eaclm calem aclem claem lcaem alcem lacem celam eclam cleam lceam elcam lecam aelcm ealcm alecm laecm elacm leacm cmela mcela cemla ecmla mecla emcla cmlea mclea clmea lcmea mlcea lmcea celma eclma clema lcema elcma lecma melca emlca mleca lmeca elmca lemca amelc maelc aemlc eamlc mealc emalc amlec malec almec lamec mlaec lmaec aelmc ealmc alemc laemc elamc leamc melac emlac mleac lmeac elmac lemac

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Definitions and meaning of camel

camel

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkæməl/
  • Rhymes: -æməl
  • Hyphenation: ca‧mel

Etymology 1

From Middle English camel, through Old English camel and Old Northern French camel (Old French chamel, modern French chameau), from Latin camēlus, from Ancient Greek κάμηλος (kámēlos), from a Semitic source, ultimately from Proto-Semitic *gamal-; compare Arabic جَمَل (jamal), Hebrew גמל (gamál) and Aramaic ܓܡܠܐ (gamlā).

Noun

camel (plural camels)

  1. A beast of burden, much used in desert areas, of the genus Camelus.
    Synonym: (India (Anglo-Indian), Australia, colloquial) oont
    Hypernym: camelid
    Hyponyms: Bactrian camel, dromedary
    Coordinate terms: llama, guanaco, alpaca, vicuna, vicuña; more at Category:en:Camelids
  2. A light brownish color, like that of a camel (also called camel brown).
  3. Loaded vessels lashed tightly, one on each side of another vessel, and then emptied to reduce the draught of the ship in the middle.
  4. (ethnic slur, offensive, derogatory, slang) A person of Middle Eastern origin.
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
  • → Coeur d'Alene: keemel
  • → Eastern Arrernte: kamule
  • → Tsonga: kamela
Translations

Adjective

camel (not comparable)

  1. Of a light brown color like that of a camel.
Descendants
  • → Spanish: cámel

Etymology 2

From Afrikaans kameel.

Noun

camel (plural camels)

  2. (South Africa, obsolete) Synonym of giraffe

Further reading

  • camel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • Malec, calme, macle

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • camelle, kamel, kamell, camell, cammel, camayle, camaile, camaille, cameylle, camele
  • (From Central Old French) chamel, chamayle, schamelle, chamelle, chamell, chamoil

Etymology

From Old Northern French camel, cameil, from Latin camēlus. Some forms are from or influenced by Old French chamel, chamoil.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkamɛl/, /kaˈmɛːl/, /kaˈmæi̯l/
  • (From Central Old French) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃamɛl/, /t͡ʃaˈmɛːl/, /t͡ʃaˈmæi̯l/

Noun

camel (plural cameles)

  1. camel (mammal of the genus Camelus)

Descendants

  • English: camel
  • Scots: camel

References

  • “camē̆l, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-1.

Old French

Etymology

See chamel.

Noun

camel oblique singular, m (oblique plural cameus, nominative singular cameus, nominative plural camel)

  1. (Old Northern French, Anglo-Norman) camel

Tocharian B

Etymology

An action noun from täm- (“be born”). Compare Tocharian A cmol.

Noun

camel n

  1. birth, rebirth

Source: wiktionary.org