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Is pumice a Scrabble word?

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

P3U1M3I1C3E1

Is pumice a Scrabble UK word?

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

P3U1M3I1C3E1

Is pumice a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word pumice is a Words With Friends word. The word pumice is worth 16 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

P4U2M4I1C4E1

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6-letter words (1 found)

PUMICE,

5-letter words (2 found)

PUMIE,UMPIE,

4-letter words (6 found)

EMIC,EPIC,MICE,PICE,PIUM,PUCE,

3-letter words (16 found)

CEP,CUE,CUM,CUP,ECU,EMU,ICE,IMP,MEU,MIC,PEC,PIC,PIE,PIU,UME,UMP,

2-letter words (8 found)

EM,ME,MI,MU,PE,PI,UM,UP,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 34 words from pumice according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of pumice

pumice

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman and Old French pomis (“pumice stone”), from Latin pūmex (“pumice stone”). Doublet of pounce.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpʌm.ɪs/
  • Rhymes: -ʌmɪs

Noun

pumice (countable and uncountable, plural pumices)

  1. A light, porous type of pyroclastic igneous rock, formed during explosive volcanic eruptions when liquid lava is ejected into water or air as a froth containing masses of gas bubbles, which are frozen into the rock as the lava solidifies.

Derived terms

Related terms

  • pumiciform
  • pumiceous
  • pumicate

Translations

Verb

pumice (third-person singular simple present pumices, present participle pumicing, simple past and past participle pumiced)

  1. (transitive) To abrade or roughen with pumice.

See also

  • pumice stone
  • pumiceous

Latin

Noun

pūmice

  1. ablative singular of pūmex

Source: wiktionary.org