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What does culm mean? Is culm a Scrabble word?

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Is culm a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word culm is a Scrabble US word. The word culm is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

C3U1L1M3

Is culm a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word culm is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

C3U1L1M3

Is culm a Words With Friends word?

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

C4U2L2M4

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4-letter words (1 found)

CULM,

3-letter words (2 found)

CUM,LUM,

2-letter words (2 found)

MU,UM,

You can make 5 words from culm according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of culm

culm uclm clum lcum ulcm lucm cuml ucml cmul mcul umcl mucl clmu lcmu cmlu mclu lmcu mlcu ulmc lumc umlc mulc lmuc mluc

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word culm. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in culm.

Definitions and meaning of culm

culm

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʌlm/
  • Rhymes: -ʌlm

Etymology 1

From Middle English culme, colme (“fragments of coal”), of uncertain origin. Probably from Old English *colm, related to Old English col (“coal”). Alternatively, perhaps from Welsh cwlm (“knot or tie”), applied to this species of coal, which is much found in balls or knots in some parts of Wales.

Noun

culm (countable and uncountable, plural culms)

  1. Waste coal, used as a poor quality fuel; slack.
  2. Anthracite, especially when found in small masses.
Derived terms
  • culmiferous

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin culmus. Doublet of calame, calamus, and haulm; further related to caramel, chalumeau and shawm.

Noun

culm (plural culms)

  2. (botany) The stem of a plant, especially of grass or sedge.
Derived terms
  • culmiferous
Translations

Anagrams

  • Clum, MCLU, clum

Source: wiktionary.org