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Is idolum a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word idolum is a Scrabble US word. The word idolum is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

I1D2O1L1U1M3

Is idolum a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word idolum is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

I1D2O1L1U1M3

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6-letter words (3 found)

DOLIUM,IDOLUM,MODULI,

5-letter words (3 found)

DUOMI,MOULD,ODIUM,

4-letter words (17 found)

DIOL,DOUM,IDOL,LIDO,LIMO,LOID,LOUD,LUDO,MILD,MILO,MODI,MOIL,MOLD,MUID,MUIL,OLID,OULD,

3-letter words (23 found)

DIM,DOL,DOM,DUI,DUM,DUO,LID,LOD,LOU,LUD,LUM,MID,MIL,MOD,MOI,MOL,MOU,MUD,OIL,OLD,OLM,OUD,UDO,

2-letter words (14 found)

DI,DO,ID,IO,LI,LO,MI,MO,MU,OD,OI,OM,OU,UM,

You can make 60 words from idolum according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of idolum

idolum

Etymology

From Latin īdōlum. Doublet of eidolon, idol, and idea.

Noun

idolum (plural idola)

  1. An insubstantial image; a spectre or phantom.
  2. A mental image or idea.
  3. A misconception or fallacy. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Related terms

  • eidolon
  • idol

Anagrams

  • dolium, moduli, moulid

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek εἴδωλον (eídōlon, “image; idol”), from εἶδος (eîdos, “form”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /iːˈdoː.lum/, [iːˈd̪oːɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /iˈdo.lum/, [iˈd̪ɔːlum]

Noun

īdōlum n (genitive īdōlī); second declension

  1. image, form, especially a spectre, apparition or ghost
  2. (Late Latin, Christianity) idol

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Descendants

References

  • “idolum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • idolum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • idolum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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