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Yes. The word chloroform is a Scrabble US word. The word chloroform is worth 20 points in Scrabble:

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10-letter words (1 found)

CHLOROFORM,

6-letter words (4 found)

CHROMO,FORHOO,FORMOL,MOLOCH,

5-letter words (9 found)

CHOLO,CHOOF,CHOOM,COLOR,CROOL,FLOOR,MHORR,MOOCH,MORRO,

4-letter words (31 found)

COHO,COOF,COOL,COOM,CORF,CORM,FLOC,FLOR,FOOL,FORM,FROM,HOLM,HOLO,HOMO,HOOF,HOOR,LOCH,LOCO,LOOF,LOOM,LOOR,MOCH,MOFO,MOHO,MOHR,MOOL,MOOR,ROCH,ROLF,ROOF,ROOM,

3-letter words (31 found)

COL,COO,COR,FOH,FOO,FOR,FRO,HOC,HOM,HOO,LOO,LOR,MHO,MOC,MOL,MOO,MOR,OCH,OHM,OHO,OLM,OOF,OOH,OOM,OOR,ORC,ORF,RHO,ROC,ROM,ROO,

2-letter words (10 found)

CH,HM,HO,LO,MO,OF,OH,OM,OO,OR,

You can make 86 words from chloroform according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of chloroform

chloroform

Etymology

Borrowed from French chloroforme, portmanteau of terchloride (tertiary chloride, trichloride) and formyle (CH, an obsolete radical of formic acid) by Jean-Baptiste Dumas, from 1834.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈklɒɹə(ʊ)ˌfɔː(ɹ)m/
  • Hyphenation: chlo‧ro‧form
  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)m

Noun

chloroform (uncountable)

  1. (organic chemistry) A halogenated hydrocarbon, trichloromethane, CHCl3; it is a volatile, sweet-smelling liquid, used extensively as a solvent and formerly as an anesthetic.

Synonyms

  • trichloromethane
  • Guthrie's sweet whiskey, sweet whiskey

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

chloroform (third-person singular simple present chloroforms, present participle chloroforming, simple past and past participle chloroformed)

  1. To treat with chloroform, or to render unconscious with chloroform.

Related terms

  • methylene chloride
  • carbon tetrachloride
  • fluoroform
  • bromoform
  • iodoform

Translations

Afrikaans

Noun

chloroform (uncountable)

  1. (organic chemistry) chloroform

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈxloroform]
  • Hyphenation: chlo‧ro‧form

Noun

chloroform m inan

  1. (organic chemistry) chloroform

Declension

References

  • chloroform in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • chloroform in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • chloroform in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: chlo‧ro‧form

Noun

chloroform m (uncountable)

  1. (organic chemistry) chloroform

Further reading

  • “chloroform” in Van Dale Onlinewoordenboek, Van Dale Lexicografie, 2007.

Polish

Etymology

Internationalism; compare English chloroform, French chloroforme, German Chloroform.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xlɔˈrɔ.fɔrm/
  • Rhymes: -ɔfɔrm
  • Syllabification: chlo‧ro‧form

Noun

chloroform m inan (related adjective chloroformowy)

  1. (organic chemistry) chloroform

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • chloroform in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • chloroform in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Scots

Noun

chloroform (uncountable)

  1. (organic chemistry) chloroform

Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈxlɔrɔfɔrm]

Noun

chloroform m inan (genitive singular chloroformu, nominative plural chloroformy, genitive plural chloroformov, declension pattern of dub)

  1. (organic chemistry) chloroform
    Synonym: trichlórmetán

Declension

References

  • “chloroform”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Source: wiktionary.org