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Yes. The word dilemma is a Scrabble US word. The word dilemma is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

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7-letter words (1 found)

DILEMMA,

6-letter words (6 found)

LAMMED,LAMMIE,MAELID,MAILED,MAIMED,MEDIAL,

5-letter words (16 found)

AILED,AIMED,AMIDE,DAMME,ELIAD,EMAIL,IDEAL,LAMED,LEMMA,LIMED,LIMMA,MAILE,MAMIE,MEDAL,MEDIA,MIMED,

4-letter words (42 found)

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3-letter words (33 found)

AID,AIL,AIM,ALE,AME,AMI,DAE,DAL,DAM,DEI,DEL,DIE,DIM,ELD,ELM,IDE,LAD,LAM,LEA,LED,LEI,LID,LIE,MAD,MAE,MAL,MAM,MED,MEL,MEM,MID,MIL,MIM,

2-letter words (19 found)

AD,AE,AI,AL,AM,DA,DE,DI,EA,ED,EL,EM,ID,LA,LI,MA,ME,MI,MM,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 118 words from dilemma according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of dilemma

dilemma

Etymology

First attested 1523, from Late Latin dilemma, from Ancient Greek δίλημμα (dílēmma, “ambiguous proposition”), from δι- (di-, “having two of”) + λῆμμα (lêmma, “premise, proposition”).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: dī-lĕmʹə or dĭ-lĕmʹə, IPA(key): /daɪˈlɛmə/, /dɪˈlɛmə/
  • Rhymes: -ɛmə

Noun

dilemma (plural dilemmas or dilemmata)

  1. A circumstance in which a choice must be made between two or more alternatives that seem equally undesirable.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:dilemma
  2. A difficult circumstance or problem.
    Synonyms: bind, fix, pickle, problem, quandary
  3. (logic) A type of syllogism of the form "if A is true then B is true; if C is true then D is true; either A or C is true; therefore either B or D is true".
  4. (rhetoric) Offering to an opponent a choice between two (equally unfavorable) alternatives.

Usage notes

Occasionally misspelled as dilemna, perhaps originally via false analogy with words such as condemn, solemn, and hymn. This spelling has been reportedly taught in many regions of Great Britain and the United States as well as around the world, and can be found in the works of many well-known authors (e.g. Isaac Watts, Defoe & Goldsmith).

Derived terms

Related terms

  • lemma
  • trilemma
  • tetralemma
  • pentalemma
  • polylemma

Translations

See also

  • between a rock and a hard place
  • between the devil and the deep blue sea
  • between Scylla and Charybdis
  • Buridan's ass
  • no-win situation
  • catch-22
  • damned if one does and damned if one doesn't
  • doomed if you do, doomed if you don't
  • predicament

References

Further reading

  • dilemma on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Silva Rhetoricae

Anagrams

  • midmeal

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dilemma, from Ancient Greek δίλημμα (dílēmma).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌdiˈlɛ.maː/
  • Hyphenation: di‧lem‧ma
  • Rhymes: -ɛmaː

Noun

dilemma n (plural dilemma's, diminutive dilemmaatje n)

  1. dilemma (between two alternatives)

Derived terms

  • dilemmatisch

Finnish

Etymology

From Late Latin dilemma, from Ancient Greek δίλημμα (dílēmma).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdilemːɑ/, [ˈdile̞mːɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ilemːɑ
  • Syllabification(key): di‧lem‧ma

Noun

dilemma

  1. dilemma (between two alternatives)

Declension

Further reading

  • “dilemma”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Italian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δίλημμα (dílēmma).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /diˈlɛm.ma/
  • Rhymes: -ɛmma
  • Hyphenation: di‧lèm‧ma

Noun

dilemma m (plural dilemmi)

  1. dilemma (between two alternatives)

Related terms

  • dilemmatico

Anagrams

  • dammeli, dimmela

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δίλημμα (dílēmma).

Noun

dilēmma n (genitive dilēmmatis); third declension

  1. conclusion from two premises
  2. dilemma

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Related terms

  • dilēmmātus

Descendants

  • Catalan: dilema
  • French: dilemme
  • Italian: dilemma
  • Portuguese: dilema
  • Romanian: dilemă
  • Spanish: dilema

References

  • “dĭlēmma”, in Gaffiot, 2016.

Swedish

Noun

dilemma n

  1. a dilemma (difficult choice between unfavorable options)

Declension

See also

  • vara i valet och kvalet

References

  • dilemma in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • dilemma in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • dilemma in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Turkish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin dilemma, from Ancient Greek δίλημμα (dílēmma).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [di.lɛmːɑ]

Noun

dilemma (definite accusative dilemmayı, plural dilemmalar)

  1. dilemma
    Synonym: ikilem

Declension


Source: wiktionary.org