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Is platinum a Scrabble word?

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

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Is platinum a Scrabble UK word?

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

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

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8-letter words (1 found)

PLATINUM,

7-letter words (5 found)

IMPLANT,NUPTIAL,PATULIN,ULPANIM,UNPLAIT,

6-letter words (14 found)

ALUMIN,ALUMNI,LUMINA,LUMPIA,MANITU,PAULIN,PITMAN,PLAINT,PLIANT,PULTAN,TIPULA,TIPUNA,ULTIMA,UNITAL,

5-letter words (33 found)

AMPUL,AUMIL,INAPT,INPUT,INULA,LAPIN,LIMAN,LIMPA,LINUM,LUPIN,MANUL,MATIN,MIAUL,MILPA,PAINT,PANIM,PATIN,PILAU,PILUM,PINTA,PLAIN,PLAIT,PLANT,TAMIN,TUINA,TULIP,TULPA,ULMIN,ULPAN,UNAPT,UNLIT,UNTIL,UPLIT,

4-letter words (81 found)

AITU,ALIT,ALUM,AMIN,ANIL,ANTI,AUNT,LAIN,LAMP,LANT,LATI,LATU,LIMA,LIMN,LIMP,LINT,LIPA,LITU,LUIT,LUMA,LUMP,LUNA,LUNT,MAIL,MAIN,MALI,MALT,MANI,MAUL,MAUN,MAUT,MILT,MINA,MINT,MUIL,MUNI,MUNT,MUTI,NAIL,NAMU,NIPA,PAIL,PAIN,PALI,PALM,PANT,PATU,PAUL,PIAL,PIAN,PILA,PIMA,PINA,PINT,PITA,PIUM,PLAN,PLAT,PLIM,PLUM,PTUI,PULA,PULI,PUMA,PUNA,PUNT,TAIL,TAIN,TALI,TAMP,TAPU,TIAN,TINA,TUAN,TUMP,TUNA,ULAN,ULNA,UNAI,UNIT,UPTA,

3-letter words (66 found)

AIL,AIM,AIN,AIT,ALP,ALT,ALU,AMI,AMP,AMU,ANI,ANT,APT,IMP,ITA,LAM,LAP,LAT,LIN,LIP,LIT,LUM,LUN,MAL,MAN,MAP,MAT,MIL,MNA,MUN,MUT,NAM,NAP,NAT,NIL,NIM,NIP,NIT,NUT,PAL,PAM,PAN,PAT,PIA,PIN,PIT,PIU,PLU,PUL,PUN,PUT,TAI,TAM,TAN,TAP,TAU,TIL,TIN,TIP,TUI,TUM,TUN,TUP,UMP,UNI,UTA,

2-letter words (22 found)

AI,AL,AM,AN,AT,IN,IT,LA,LI,MA,MI,MU,NA,NU,PA,PI,TA,TI,UM,UN,UP,UT,

You can make 222 words from platinum according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of platinum

platinum

Etymology

From Spanish platina (“little silver”) del Pinto ("of the Pinto") +‎ -um. It was called "little" (or "lesser") silver because the metal was found as an impurity in gold, and del Pinto for the Pinto River in Grand Columbia where Europeans discovered it being mined by Native Americans.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: plăt'ĭn-əm, IPA(key): /ˈplæt.ɪn.əm/; enPR: plăt'nəm, IPA(key): /ˈplæt.nəm/; enPR: plăt'n-əm, IPA(key): /ˈplæt.n̩.əm/
  • (obsolete, nonstandard) IPA(key): /pləˈtaɪn.əm/, /pləˈtiːn.əm/, /pləˈtɪn.əm/
  • Rhymes: -ætɪnəm, -ætnəm, -ætn̩əm

Noun

platinum (countable and uncountable, plural platinums)

  2. The chemical element with atomic number 78 and symbol Pt; a dense, malleable, ductile, highly unreactive, silverish-white transition metal of great value.
  4. A whitish grey colour, like that of the metal.
  6. (music) A single or album that has achieved platinum sales, i.e. over 1 million or 2 million.
  8. (medicine, sometimes, elliptically) A platinum-based drug: a platin.

Synonyms

  • platina (obsolete)
  • white gold (obsolete)

Derived terms

Related terms

  • platina

Translations

Adjective

platinum (not comparable)

  1. Of a whitish grey colour, like that of the metal.
  2. Of a musical recording that has sold over one million copies (for singles), or two million (for albums).
  3. Very expensive, or of very high quality

Derived terms

  • go platinum
  • platinum blond

Translations

Verb

platinum (third-person singular simple present platinums, present participle platinuming, simple past and past participle platinumed)

  1. (computer games) to reach platinum level in a game
    I platinumed in Clash of Clans yesterday.

Translations

See also

  • cooperite
  • sperrylite
  • Appendix:Colors

References

Further reading

  • David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Platinum”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
  • “platinum”, in Mindat.org‎[2], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

Adjective

platinum (attributive platinum, not comparable)

  1. platinum; made from platinum

Noun

platinum (uncountable)

  1. platinum

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /plaˈtiː.num/, [pɫ̪äˈt̪iːnʊ̃ˑ]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /plaˈti.num/, [pläˈt̪iːnum]

Noun

platīnum n (genitive platīnī); second declension

  1. platinum

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Limburgish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈplaː˨ti˧nɔ˧m]

Noun

platinum m

  1. (uncountable) platinum
  2. A part of platinum

Malay

Alternative forms

  • pelatinam

Etymology

From English platinum, from Spanish platina.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [platinom], [platinəm], [plɛtinəm]
  • Rhymes: -inom, -nom, -om

Noun

platinum

  1. platinum

Alternative forms

  • platina (Indonesia)

Source: wiktionary.org