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Is chillum a Scrabble word?

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

C3H4I1L1L1U1M3

Is chillum a Scrabble UK word?

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

C3H4I1L1L1U1M3

Is chillum a Words With Friends word?

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

C4H3I1L2L2U2M4

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7-letter words (1 found)

CHILLUM,

5-letter words (5 found)

CHILL,HILUM,HUMIC,MILCH,MULCH,

4-letter words (13 found)

CHUM,CILL,CULL,CULM,HILL,HUIC,HULL,LICH,MICH,MILL,MUCH,MUIL,MULL,

3-letter words (11 found)

CHI,CUM,HIC,HIM,HUI,HUM,ICH,ILL,LUM,MIC,MIL,

2-letter words (8 found)

CH,HI,HM,LI,MI,MU,UH,UM,

You can make 38 words from chillum according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of chillum

chillum

Alternative forms

  • cheelam, chelam, chilam, chillam

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi चिलम (cilam), from Classical Persian چلم (čilam).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɪləm/

Noun

chillum (plural chillums)

  1. A conical pipe used for smoking marijuana, usually made of fired clay, porcelain, soapstone, glass or, more rarely, wood.
    • c. 1893, "Note by Babu Abhilas Chandra Mukerji, second Inspector of Excise, on the Origin and History of Trinath Worship in Eastern Bengal", in Report of the Indian Hemp Drugs Commission 1893-4
      The votaries should assemble at night and worship with flowers. The ganja should be washed in the manner in which people wash ganja for smoking. The worshipper must fill three chillums with equal quantities of ganja, observing due awe and reverence.
  2. The part of such a pipe that contains the tobacco and charcoal balls.

Further reading

  • Chillum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Category:Chillums on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
  • Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “chillum”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […], page 195.

Source: wiktionary.org