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Is milium a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word milium is a Scrabble US word. The word milium is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

M3I1L1I1U1M3

Is milium a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word milium is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

M3I1L1I1U1M3

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Yes. The word milium is a Words With Friends word. The word milium is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (1 found)

MILIUM,

5-letter words (1 found)

ILIUM,

4-letter words (1 found)

MUIL,

3-letter words (5 found)

LUM,MIL,MIM,MUM,UMM,

2-letter words (5 found)

LI,MI,MM,MU,UM,

You can make 13 words from milium according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of milium

milium

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin milium.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɪliəm

Noun

milium (plural milia)

  1. (dermatology) A keratin-filled cyst that can appear just under the epidermis or on the roof of the mouth.

Synonyms

  • milk spot
  • oil seed

Translations

Further reading

  • Milium (disease) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Latin

Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *meljom, from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to grind, crush”), see also Ancient Greek μελίνη (melínē, “millet”) and Lithuanian málnos (“millet”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmi.li.um/, [ˈmɪlʲiʊ̃ˑ]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmi.li.um/, [ˈmiːlium]

Noun

milium n (genitive miliī or milī); second declension

  1. millet
Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

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

Related terms
  • miliaceus
  • miliacus
  • mīliginis
Descendants

Etymology 2

Inflected form of mīlle (“thousand”)

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmiː.li.um/, [ˈmiːlʲiʊ̃ˑ]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmi.li.um/, [ˈmiːlium]

Numeral

mīlium

  1. genitive plural of mīlle (“thousand; 1000”)
Usage notes

See Appendix:Latin cardinal numbers

References

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

Source: wiktionary.org