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Is lemming a Scrabble word?

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

L1E1M3M3I1N1G2

Is lemming a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word lemming is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

L1E1M3M3I1N1G2

Is lemming a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word lemming is a Words With Friends word. The word lemming is worth 17 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

L2E1M4M4I1N2G3

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7-letter words (1 found)

LEMMING,

6-letter words (2 found)

LEMING,MINGLE,

5-letter words (7 found)

GIMEL,GIMME,GLIME,INGLE,LIGNE,LIMEN,MINGE,

4-letter words (17 found)

GIEN,GLEI,GLEN,GLIM,LENG,LIEN,LIME,LIMN,LINE,LING,MEIN,MENG,MIEN,MILE,MIME,MINE,MING,

3-letter words (24 found)

ELM,ENG,GEL,GEM,GEN,GIE,GIN,ING,LEG,LEI,LIE,LIG,LIN,MEG,MEL,MEM,MEN,MIG,MIL,MIM,NEG,NIE,NIL,NIM,

2-letter words (10 found)

EL,EM,EN,GI,IN,LI,ME,MI,MM,NE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 62 words from lemming according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of lemming

lemming

Wikispecies

Etymology

From Danish and Norwegian lemming, from Old Norse lómundr, læmingi, læmingr (“lemming”), perhaps from Sami luomek.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /lɛm.ɪŋ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛmɪŋ

Noun

lemming (plural lemmings)

  1. A small Arctic and Subarctic rodent from any of six genera of similar rodents.
  2. (figuratively) Any member of a group given to conformity or groupthink, especially a group poised to follow a leader off a cliff.

Synonyms

  • sable mouse

Derived terms

  • bog lemmings (Synaptomys spp.)
  • collared lemmings (Dicrostonyx spp.)
  • steppe lemmings (Lagurus lagurus)
  • true lemmings (Lemmus spp.)
  • wood lemmings (Myopus schisticolor)
  • yellow steppe lemmings (Eolagurus spp.)
  • Eurolemming
  • Norway lemming

Translations

Dutch

Etymology

From Danish and Norwegian lemming, from Old Norse lómundr, læmingi, læmingr (“lemming”), perhaps from Sami luomek.

Pronunciation

Noun

lemming m (plural lemmingen or lemmings, diminutive lemminkje n)

  1. lemming (rodent)

Further reading

  • Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

Anagrams

  • glimmen

French

Etymology

From Danish and Norwegian lemming, from Old Norse lómundr, læmingi, læmingr (“lemming”), perhaps from Sami luomek.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɛ.miŋ/, /le.miŋ/

Noun

lemming m (plural lemmings)

  1. lemming

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English lemming.

Pronunciation

Noun

lemming m (plural lemmings)

  1. Alternative form of lémingue

Spanish

Etymology

From Danish and Norwegian lemming, from Old Norse lómundr, læmingi, læmingr (“lemming”), perhaps from Sami luomek.

Noun

lemming m (plural lemmings)

  1. lemming (rodent)

Source: wiktionary.org