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Is lum a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word lum is a Scrabble US word. The word lum is worth 5 points in Scrabble:

L1U1M3

Is lum a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word lum is a Scrabble UK word and has 5 points:

L1U1M3

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Yes. The word lum is a Words With Friends word. The word lum is worth 8 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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3-letter words (1 found)

LUM,

2-letter words (2 found)

MU,UM,

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Definitions and meaning of lum

lum

English

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, General American, Scotland) IPA(key): /lʌm/
  • Rhymes: -ʌm

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Scots lum, Early Scots lumb; further etymology uncertain, but probably from Cumbric *lumon, related to Welsh llumon (“chimney”) (obsolete), from Proto-Celtic *loimono. Possibly at least influenced by Old French lum (“light”), lume (“cooking fire”) (compare French lumière (“light; cavity or channel within a tube or tubular organ, lumen; opening”)), from Latin lūmen (“light; light source; opening through which light can penetrate such as an air-hole or window; opening or orifice in a water-pipe or funnel”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“bright; to see; to shine”).

Noun

lum (plural lums) (Northern England, Scotland)

  1. A chimney; also, the top part of a chimney.
    1. (specifically, mining) A ventilating chimney over the shaft of a mine.
Alternative forms
  • lumb
  • lumbe
Derived terms
  • lang may yer lum reek
Translations

Etymology 2

Uncertain; perhaps related to Old Norse lundr (“clump of trees, grove; (rare) tree”) (compare Danish lund (“grove”), Norwegian Bokmål lund, Norwegian Nynorsk lund (“grove”), Swedish lund (“grove”)).

Noun

lum (plural lums)

  1. (Northern England, Scotland, dialectal) A grove or wood; also, a woody valley.

Etymology 3

Unknown. The Dictionary of the Scots Language (in their entry on Scots lum (“downpour”)) mentions a dialectal Middle English word lum(b) (“water hole in a mire; deep pool”) and suggests it might ultimately be related to lum (“chimney”).

Noun

lum (plural lums)

  1. (Northern England, Scotland, dialectal) A deep pool, especially one in a riverbed.
Alternative forms
  • lumb

References

Further reading

  • chimney on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • -mul-, MLU, UML, Ulm

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *lubn-, from Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ- (“to love”). Cognate to Latin lubens (“willing, (be) fond of something”), and ultimately a doublet of lyp, lubi, lugat, and laps.

Adjective

lum (feminine lume)

  1. happy, lucky

Ladin

Etymology

From Latin lūmen.

Noun

lum f (plural lumes)

  1. (Gherdëina) light

Livonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lumi.

Noun

lum

  1. snow

Declension

Mizo

Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *lum, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-l(u/i)m.

Adjective

lum

  1. warm

References

  • Grammar and Dictionary of the Lushai Language by J.H. Lorrain, Shillong 1898

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin lūmen, from Proto-Indo-European *léwksmn̥, derived from the root *lewk- (“bright”).

Pronunciation

Noun

lum m (plural lums)

  1. light
  2. light source, such as a lamp or bulb

See also

  • lutz

Scots

Etymology

Uncertain; perhaps of Cumbric or Pictish origin, compare obsolete Welsh llumon (“chimney”).

Noun

lum (plural lums)

  1. chimney

Sumerian

Romanization

lum

  1. romanization of 𒈝 (lum)

Source: wiktionary.org