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Is plummet a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word plummet is a Scrabble US word. The word plummet is worth 13 points in Scrabble:

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Is plummet a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word plummet is a Scrabble UK word and has 13 points:

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Is plummet a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word plummet is a Words With Friends word. The word plummet is worth 18 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (1 found)

PLUMMET,

6-letter words (2 found)

METUMP,PUMMEL,

5-letter words (4 found)

LETUP,LUMME,PLUME,TUPLE,

4-letter words (15 found)

EMPT,LEPT,LUMP,LUTE,MELT,MULE,MUMP,MUTE,PELT,PLUE,PLUM,PULE,TEMP,TULE,TUMP,

3-letter words (26 found)

ELM,ELT,EMU,LEP,LET,LEU,LUM,MEL,MEM,MET,MEU,MUM,MUT,PEL,PET,PLU,PUL,PUT,TEL,TUM,TUP,ULE,UME,UMM,UMP,UTE,

2-letter words (11 found)

EL,EM,ET,ME,MM,MU,PE,TE,UM,UP,UT,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 60 words from plummet according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of plummet

plummet

Etymology

From Middle English plommet (“ball of lead, plumb of a bob-line”), recorded since 1382, from Old French plommet or plomet, the diminutive of plom, plum (“lead, sounding lead”), from Latin plumbum (“lead”). The verb is first recorded in 1626, originally meaning “to fathom, take soundings", from the noun.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈplʌmɪt/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈplʌmət/
  • Rhymes: -ʌmɪt
  • Hyphenation: plum‧met

Noun

plummet (plural plummets)

  1. (archaic, nautical) A piece of lead attached to a line, used in sounding the depth of water; a plumb bob or a plumb line.
  2. (archaic) Hence, any weight.
  3. (archaic) A piece of lead formerly used by schoolchildren to rule paper for writing (that is, to mark with rules, with lines).
  4. A violent or dramatic fall.
  5. (figuratively) A decline; a fall; a drop.

Translations

Verb

plummet (third-person singular simple present plummets, present participle plummeting or plummetting, simple past and past participle plummeted or plummetted)

  1. (intransitive) To drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly.

Synonyms

  • (to drop swiftly): dive, drop, fall

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of "to drop swiftly"): ascend, rise, rocket, soar, skyrocket

Translations

See also

  • plumb
  • plumb line

References

  • Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “plummet”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Source: wiktionary.org