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Is muslin a Scrabble word?

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

M3U1S1L1I1N1

Is muslin a Scrabble UK word?

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

M3U1S1L1I1N1

Is muslin a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word muslin is a Words With Friends word. The word muslin is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

M4U2S1L2I1N2

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6-letter words (3 found)

LINUMS,MUSLIN,ULMINS,

5-letter words (7 found)

LIMNS,LINUM,MINUS,MUILS,MUNIS,SIMUL,ULMIN,

4-letter words (15 found)

LIMN,LINS,LUMS,LUNS,MILS,MUIL,MUNI,MUNS,NILS,NIMS,SLIM,SLUM,SUMI,SUNI,UNIS,

3-letter words (22 found)

INS,ISM,LIN,LIS,LUM,LUN,MIL,MIS,MUN,MUS,NIL,NIM,NIS,NUS,SIM,SIN,SUI,SUM,SUN,UMS,UNI,UNS,

2-letter words (10 found)

IN,IS,LI,MI,MU,NU,SI,UM,UN,US,

You can make 57 words from muslin according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of muslin

muslin

Alternative forms

  • muselin

Etymology

From French mousseline, from Italian mussolina, from Mussolo (“Mosul”), that is Mosul in northern Iraq (compare 1875 Knight, Edward H., Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, V2 p1502: "Muslins are so called from Moussol in India.").

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmʌz.lɪn/

Noun

muslin (usually uncountable, plural muslins)

  1. (textile) Any of several varieties of thin cotton cloth.
  2. (US) Fabric made of cotton, flax (linen), hemp, or silk, finely or coarsely woven.
  3. Any of a wide variety of tightly-woven thin fabrics, especially those used for bedlinen.
  4. (US) Woven cotton or linen fabrics, especially when used for items other than garments.
  5. (countable) A dressmaker's pattern made from inexpensive cloth for fitting.
  6. Any of several different moths, especially the muslin moth, Diaphora mendica.
  7. Woman as sex object; prostitute, as in a bit of muslin.

Derived terms

  • See “muslin”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Translations

References

  • “muslin”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
  • “muslin”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • Sumlin, ulmins, unslim

Romanian

Noun

muslin n (plural muslinuri)

  1. Alternative form of muselină

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