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Is gnome a Scrabble word?

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

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Is gnome a Scrabble UK word?

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

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Yes. The word gnome is a Words With Friends word. The word gnome is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (3 found)

EMONG,GENOM,GNOME,

4-letter words (6 found)

GONE,MENG,MENO,MONG,NOME,OMEN,

3-letter words (18 found)

EGO,EMO,ENG,EON,GEM,GEN,GEO,GOE,GON,MEG,MEN,MOE,MOG,MON,NEG,NOG,NOM,ONE,

2-letter words (10 found)

EM,EN,GO,ME,MO,NE,NO,OE,OM,ON,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

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

All 5 letters words made out of gnome

gnome ngome gonme ognme nogme ongme gnmoe ngmoe gmnoe mgnoe nmgoe mngoe gomne ogmne gmone mgone omgne mogne nomge onmge nmoge mnoge omnge monge gnoem ngoem gonem ognem nogem ongem gneom ngeom genom egnom negom engom goenm ogenm geonm egonm oegnm eognm noegm onegm neogm enogm oengm eongm gnmeo ngmeo gmneo mgneo nmgeo mngeo gnemo ngemo genmo egnmo negmo engmo gmeno mgeno gemno egmno megno emgno nmego mnego nemgo enmgo mengo emngo gomen ogmen gmoen mgoen omgen mogen goemn ogemn geomn egomn oegmn eogmn gmeon mgeon gemon egmon megon emgon omegn moegn oemgn eomgn meogn emogn nomeg onmeg nmoeg mnoeg omneg moneg noemg onemg neomg enomg oenmg eonmg nmeog mneog nemog enmog menog emnog omeng moeng oemng eomng meong emong

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Definitions and meaning of gnome

gnome

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek γνώμη (gnṓmē, “thought, opinion”), from the base of γιγνώσκω (gignṓskō, “to know”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nəʊm/, /nəʊmi/

Noun

gnome (plural gnomae or gnomai or gnomes)

  2. A brief reflection or maxim; a pithy saying.
    Synonyms: adage, apothegm, maxim, paroemia, proverb, sententia
    • 1996, Giambattista Vico, Giorgio A. Pinton, Arthur W. Shippee (translators), The Art of Rhetoric, [1711-1741, Giambattista Vico, Institutiones Oratoriae], page 125,
      The Greeks in their tongue call this second type of maxim noema. The gnome is more appropriate to the philosophers, and the noema to the orators, to the poets, and to the historians. To speak by gnomes alone was referred to by the Greeks as "philosophizing" which we Italians would render as "to mouth maxims" (sputar sentenze).
Related terms
  • gnomic
  • gnomometry

Etymology 2

From French gnome (“gnome”), from New Latin gnomus, used by Paracelsus as a synonym for pygmaeus (“pygmy”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: nōm, IPA(key): /nəʊm/
  • (General American) enPR: nōm, IPA(key): /noʊm/
  • Rhymes: -əʊm
  • Homophones: Nome, nome

Noun

gnome (plural gnomes)

  1. (magic, alchemy, Rosicrucianism) An elemental (spirit or corporeal creature associated with a classical element) associated with earth.
  2. (mythology, fantasy) One of a race of imaginary human-like beings, usually depicted as short and typically bearded males, who inhabit the inner parts of the earth and act as guardians of mines, mineral treasure, etc.; in modern fantasy literature and games, when distinguished from dwarves, gnomes are usually even smaller than dwarves and more focussed on engineering than mining.
  3. A person of small stature or misshapen features, or of strange appearance.
  4. The northern pygmy owl, Glaucidium gnoma, a small owl of the western United States.
  5. A small statue of a dwarf-like character, often bearded, placed in a garden.
  6. (astronomy, meteorology) An upper atmospheric optical phenomenon associated with thunderstorms, a compact blue starter.
  7. (often derogatory) A banker, especially a secretive international one.
    the gnomes of Zurich
    • 1985, Fodor's, Fodor's ... London, Fodor's
      For this is a creation of the City, of the country's financial heart, and of the gnomes of London who have financed it and supported it entirely on their own.
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See also

  • kobold
  • salamander (elemental of fire)
  • sylph (elemental of air)
  • undine (elemental of water)

References

  • “gnome”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “gnome”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “gnome”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

  • Monge, emong

French

Etymology

From New Latin gnomus, not attested classically. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡnom/

Noun

gnome m (plural gnomes)

  1. gnome

Descendants

  • → Danish: gnom
  • → English: gnome
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: gnom
  • → Norwegian Nynorsk: gnom

Further reading

  • “gnome”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Noun

gnome f

  1. plural of gnoma

Source: wiktionary.org