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Is putamen a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word putamen is a Scrabble US word. The word putamen is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

P3U1T1A1M3E1N1

Is putamen a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word putamen is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

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Is putamen a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word putamen is a Words With Friends word. The word putamen is worth 15 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (1 found)

PUTAMEN,

6-letter words (4 found)

PEANUT,PNEUMA,UNTAME,UNTEAM,

5-letter words (10 found)

AMENT,MANET,MEANT,MENTA,NEMPT,PATEN,TAPEN,TAUPE,UNAPT,UNMET,

4-letter words (47 found)

AMEN,ANTE,AUNE,AUNT,EMPT,ETNA,MANE,MATE,MAUN,MAUT,MEAN,MEAT,MENT,MENU,META,MUNT,MUTE,NAME,NAMU,NAPE,NEAP,NEAT,NEMA,NEUM,PANE,PANT,PATE,PATU,PEAN,PEAT,PENT,PUMA,PUNA,PUNT,TAME,TAMP,TANE,TAPE,TAPU,TEAM,TEMP,TEPA,TUAN,TUMP,TUNA,TUNE,UPTA,

3-letter words (53 found)

AME,AMP,AMU,ANE,ANT,APE,APT,ATE,AUE,EAN,EAT,EAU,EMU,ETA,MAE,MAN,MAP,MAT,MEN,MET,MEU,MNA,MUN,MUT,NAE,NAM,NAP,NAT,NEP,NET,NUT,PAM,PAN,PAT,PEA,PEN,PET,PUN,PUT,TAE,TAM,TAN,TAP,TAU,TEA,TEN,TUM,TUN,TUP,UME,UMP,UTA,UTE,

2-letter words (22 found)

AE,AM,AN,AT,EA,EM,EN,ET,MA,ME,MU,NA,NE,NU,PA,PE,TA,TE,UM,UN,UP,UT,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 138 words from putamen according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of putamen

putamen

Etymology

Latin putāmen (“husk, shell”).

Noun

putamen (plural putamens or putamina)

  1. (botany) The shell of a nut; the stone of a drupe fruit; endocarp. [from 18th c.]
  2. (neuroanatomy) A round structure located at the base of the forebrain, regulating movement and learning. [from 19th c.]

Related terms

  • putamenal
  • putaminal

Anagrams

  • pneumat-

Latin

Etymology

From putō (“clean; prune, crop”) +‎ -men.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /puˈtaː.men/, [pʊˈt̪äːmɛn]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /puˈta.men/, [puˈt̪äːmen]

Noun

putāmen n (genitive putāminis); third declension

  1. cutting, clipping (that which is cut away)
  2. shell, peel (removed from eggs, vegetables etc.)

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

References

  • “putamen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “putamen”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • putamen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Source: wiktionary.org