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Yes. The word plumbago is a Scrabble US word. The word plumbago is worth 15 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word plumbago is a Scrabble UK word and has 15 points:

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8-letter words (1 found)

PLUMBAGO,

7-letter words (1 found)

LUMBAGO,

6-letter words (5 found)

ALBUGO,APLOMB,BUMALO,GAMBOL,PABLUM,

5-letter words (16 found)

ALBUM,ALGUM,ALMUG,AMPUL,GALOP,GAMBO,GLAUM,GLOAM,GOMPA,GUMBO,LOUMA,MOGUL,MULGA,PLUMB,PULAO,PULMO,

4-letter words (51 found)

AGLU,ALUM,AMBO,BALM,BALU,BAPU,BLAG,BLAM,BLOG,BOLA,BOMA,BUMP,GAMB,GAMP,GAOL,GAPO,GAUM,GAUP,GLAM,GLOB,GLOM,GLOP,GLUM,GOAL,GOLP,GULA,GULP,GUMP,LAMB,LAMP,LOAM,LOMA,LOUP,LUMA,LUMP,MAUL,MOLA,MOUP,OGAM,OMBU,OPAL,OUMA,OUPA,PALM,PAUL,PLUG,PLUM,PULA,PUMA,UMBO,UPGO,

3-letter words (65 found)

ABO,AGO,ALB,ALP,ALU,AMP,AMU,APO,BAG,BAL,BAM,BAO,BAP,BOA,BOG,BOP,BUG,BUM,GAB,GAL,GAM,GAP,GAU,GOA,GOB,GUB,GUL,GUM,GUP,LAB,LAG,LAM,LAP,LOB,LOG,LOP,LOU,LUG,LUM,MAG,MAL,MAP,MOA,MOB,MOG,MOL,MOP,MOU,MUG,OBA,OLM,OMA,OPA,OUP,PAL,PAM,PLU,POA,POL,POM,PUB,PUG,PUL,UMP,UPO,

2-letter words (22 found)

AB,AG,AL,AM,BA,BO,GO,GU,LA,LO,MA,MO,MU,OB,OM,OP,OU,PA,PO,UG,UM,UP,

You can make 161 words from plumbago according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of plumbago

plumbago

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin plumbāgō (“type of lead ore”), from plumbum (“lead”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /plʌmˈbeɪɡəʊ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /pləmˈbeɪɡoʊ/

Noun

plumbago (countable and uncountable, plural plumbagos or plumbagoes)

  1. (botany) A plant of the genus Plumbago; leadwort. [from 17th c.]
  2. (mineralogy, now chiefly historical) Graphite. [from 18th c.]

Synonyms

  • graphite
  • black lead

Translations

Further reading

  • David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Plumbago”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
  • “plumbago”, in Mindat.org‎[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin plumbāgō. See also plombagine.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /plœ̃.ba.ɡo/

Noun

plumbago m (plural plumbagos)

  1. (botany) plumbago
    Synonym: dentelaire

Latin

Etymology

plumbum (“lead”) +‎ -āgō

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /plumˈbaː.ɡoː/, [pɫ̪ʊmˈbäːɡoː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /plumˈba.ɡo/, [plumˈbäːɡo]

Noun

plumbāgō f (genitive plumbāginis); third declension

  1. graphite
  2. the color of graphite
  3. leadwort

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Related terms

Descendants

  • English: plumbago
  • French: plombagine, plumbago
  • Italian: piombaggine
  • Spanish: plumbagina, plumbagíneo

References

  • “plumbago”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • plumbago in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Source: wiktionary.org