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

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6-letter words (1 found)

ERMINE,

5-letter words (3 found)

INERM,MINER,REMEN,

4-letter words (17 found)

EINE,EMIR,ERNE,MEER,MEIN,MENE,MERE,MERI,MIEN,MINE,MIRE,NEEM,REEN,REIN,RIEM,RIME,RINE,

3-letter words (19 found)

EEN,EME,ENE,ERE,ERM,ERN,IRE,MEE,MEN,MIR,NEE,NIE,NIM,REE,REI,REM,REN,RIM,RIN,

2-letter words (9 found)

EE,EM,EN,ER,IN,ME,MI,NE,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 50 words from ermine according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of ermine

ermine

Etymology

From Middle English ermine, ermin, ermyn, from Old French ermin, ermine, hermine.

There are two main theories for the origin of Old French ermine. Germanic origin is suggested via Old Dutch *harmino (“stoat skin”), from *harmo (“stoat, weasel”) (compare Dutch hermelijn and dialectal herm), from Proto-Germanic *harmǭ, *harmô (compare Old English hearma, Old High German harmo (harmin (adjective), obsolete German Harm), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱormō (compare Romansch carmun, obsolete Lithuanian šarmuõ). Romance sources identify the animal with the corresponding word for Armenian, possibly from Medieval Latin mūs Armenius (“Armenian mouse”) or a posterior compound.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɜːmɪn/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɝmɪn/
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)mɪn

Noun

ermine (countable and uncountable, plural ermines or ermine)

  1. A weasel found in northern latitudes (Mustela erminea in Eurasia, Alaska, and the Arctic, Mustela haidarum in Haida Gwaii, Mustela richardsonii in the rest of North America); its dark brown fur turns white in winter, apart from the black tip of the tail.
  2. The white fur of this animal, traditionally seen as a symbol of purity and used for judges' robes.
  3. (by extension, figuratively) The office of a judge.
  4. (heraldry) The fur of this animal, used as a heraldic tincture: a white field with a repeating pattern of stylized black spots.
  5. Any of various moths, especially in the family Yponomeutidae

Synonyms

  • stoat (British)
  • short-tailed weasel (American)

Derived terms

Related terms

  • erminee

Translations

Adjective

ermine (not comparable)

  1. (heraldry) In blazon, of the colour ermine (white with black spots).

Translations

Verb

ermine (third-person singular simple present ermines, present participle ermining, simple past and past participle ermined)

  1. To clothe with ermine.

Anagrams

  • ReMine, Remine, emerin, enmire, remine

Middle English

Noun

ermine

  1. Alternative form of ermyne

Old French

Alternative forms

  • ermin, hermin, hermine

Etymology

Either from Medieval Latin (mus) Armenius (“Armenian (mouse)”) (see Armenia) or Frankish *harmīn (“ermine”, adjective) (from *harmō (“ermine”)).

Noun

ermine oblique singular, f (oblique plural ermines, nominative singular ermine, nominative plural ermines)

  1. ermine (fabric)

Descendants

  • Middle French: hermin, ermin
    • French: hermine
      • → Romanian: hermină
      • → Turkish: ermin
  • → Middle English: ermyne, armyn, armyne, ermin, ermine, ermyn, hermyn
    • English: ermine
    • Scots: ermine

Source: wiktionary.org