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Is helenium a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word helenium is a Scrabble US word. The word helenium is worth 13 points in Scrabble:

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Is helenium a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word helenium is a Scrabble UK word and has 13 points:

H4E1L1E1N1I1U1M3

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8-letter words (1 found)

HELENIUM,

7-letter words (2 found)

HELIMEN,HEMLINE,

6-letter words (7 found)

HELIUM,HUMLIE,INHUME,LUMINE,UNHELE,UNHELM,UNLIME,

5-letter words (12 found)

ELEMI,ELMEN,EMULE,HEMIN,HILUM,ILEUM,LIMEN,LINUM,LUMEN,MULIE,NEUME,ULMIN,

4-letter words (27 found)

EINE,ELHI,EMEU,HEEL,HEIL,HELE,HELM,HEME,HULE,LEME,LIEN,LIEU,LIME,LIMN,LINE,LUNE,MEIN,MENE,MENU,MIEN,MILE,MINE,MUIL,MULE,MUNI,NEEM,NEUM,

3-letter words (36 found)

EEL,EEN,ELM,EME,EMU,ENE,HEM,HEN,HIE,HIM,HIN,HUE,HUI,HUM,HUN,LEE,LEI,LEU,LIE,LIN,LUM,LUN,MEE,MEH,MEL,MEN,MEU,MIL,MUN,NEE,NIE,NIL,NIM,ULE,UME,UNI,

2-letter words (18 found)

EE,EH,EL,EM,EN,HE,HI,HM,IN,LI,ME,MI,MU,NE,NU,UH,UM,UN,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 104 words from helenium according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of helenium

helenium

Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

helenium (plural heleniums)

  1. Any of various flowering plants, of the genus Helenium, the dried leaves of which were once used to make a form of snuff.

Synonyms

  • sneezeweed

Further reading

  • Helenium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Helenium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
  • Helenium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἑλένιον (helénion), said to be named for Ἑλένη (Helénē) of Troy, who according to legend planted elecampane on the island of Pharos.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /heˈle.ni.um/, [hɛˈɫ̪ɛniʊ̃ˑ]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /eˈle.ni.um/, [eˈlɛːnium]

Noun

helenium n (genitive heleniī or helenī); second declension

  1. elecampane (Inula helenium)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

  • Translingual: Helenium
  • → Old English: elene
    • ⇒ Old English: horselene (see there for further descendants)

References

  • “helenium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • helenium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Source: wiktionary.org