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Is lolium a Scrabble word?

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

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Is lolium a Scrabble UK word?

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

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6-letter words (1 found)

LOLIUM,

4-letter words (8 found)

LILO,LIMO,MILL,MILO,MOIL,MOLL,MUIL,MULL,

3-letter words (9 found)

ILL,LOU,LUM,MIL,MOI,MOL,MOU,OIL,OLM,

2-letter words (10 found)

IO,LI,LO,MI,MO,MU,OI,OM,OU,UM,

You can make 28 words from lolium according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of lolium

lolium

Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

lolium (plural loliums)

  1. (botany) Any of the genus Lolium of ryegrasses.

Latin

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂- (imitative root) as the plant was known to stun and cause vertigo. If so, related to lātrō, Ancient Greek λῆρος (lêros), λάλος (lálos), λάσκω (láskō).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈlo.li.um/, [ˈɫ̪ɔlʲiʊ̃ˑ]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈlo.li.um/, [ˈlɔːlium]

Noun

lolium n (genitive loliī or lolī); second declension

  1. darnel, tare, cockle, lolium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

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

Derived terms

  • loliāceus
  • loliārius

Descendants

References

Further reading

  • “lolium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “lolium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • lolium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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