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Is pyjamas a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word pyjamas is a Scrabble US word. The word pyjamas is worth 21 points in Scrabble:

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Is pyjamas a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word pyjamas is a Scrabble UK word and has 21 points:

P3Y4J8A1M3A1S1

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Yes. The word pyjamas is a Words With Friends word. The word pyjamas is worth 24 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (1 found)

PYJAMAS,

6-letter words (1 found)

PYJAMA,

5-letter words (3 found)

APAYS,JAAPS,MAYAS,

4-letter words (23 found)

AMAS,AMPS,APAY,JAAP,JAMS,JAPS,JASP,JASY,JAYS,MAAS,MAPS,MASA,MAYA,MAYS,PAMS,PAYS,PYAS,SAMA,SAMP,SPAM,SPAY,YAMS,YAPS,

3-letter words (25 found)

AAS,AMA,AMP,ASP,AYS,JAM,JAP,JAY,MAA,MAP,MAS,MAY,PAM,PAS,PAY,PYA,SAM,SAP,SAY,SMA,SPA,SPY,YAM,YAP,YAS,

2-letter words (9 found)

AA,AM,AS,AY,JA,MA,MY,PA,YA,

You can make 62 words from pyjamas according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of pyjamas

pyjamas

Etymology

From Hindi पैजामा (paijāmā) / Urdu پائِجامَہ (pāijāma), from Classical Persian پایجامه (pāyjāma), archaic form of پاجامه (pājāma).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɪˈd͡ʒɑːməz/, (archaic) /paɪˈd͡ʒɑːməz/

Noun

pyjamas pl (plural only)

  1. British standard spelling of pajamas (clothes for sleeping in).
    • 1973, John Clucas Cannell, The Secrets of Houdini, Dover Publications, US, page 231:
  2. British standard spelling of pajamas (loose trousers worn by men and women in South Asia).

Hypernyms

  • bedwear
  • nightclothes
  • nightwear
  • sleepwear

Derived terms

Descendants

(via singular form pyjama):

  • → Arabic: بِيجَامَا (bījāmā)
  • → Bulgarian: пижа́ма (pižáma)
  • → Catalan: pijama
  • → Czech: pyžamo
  • → Dutch: pyjama
  • → Estonian: pidžaama
  • → Finnish: pyjama
  • → French: pyjama
    • → Romanian: pijama
    • → Turkish: pijama
  • → German: Pyjama
  • → Greek: πυτζάμα (pytzáma)
  • → Lithuanian: pižama
  • → Italian: pigiama
  • → Norwegian: pysjamas
  • → Persian:
    • Dari: پیژامه (pīžāma)
    • Iranian Persian: پیژامه (pižâme)
    • Tajik: пижома (pižoma)
  • → Portuguese: pijama
  • → Russian: пижама (pižama)
    • → Azerbaijani: pijama
    • → Kazakh: пижама (pijama)
    • → Kyrgyz: пижама (pijama)
    • → Tajik: пижама (pižama)
    • → Turkmen: pijama
    • → Uzbek: pijama
  • → Spanish: pijama
  • → Ukrainian: піжа́ма (pižáma)

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English pyjamas.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pyjaːmas/, [pʰyˈjæːmas]

Noun

pyjamas c (singular definite pyjamassen, plural indefinite pyjamasser or pyjamas)

  1. pajamas, pyjamas

Inflection

Further reading

  • pyjamas on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da

French

Noun

pyjamas m

  1. plural of pyjama

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from English pyjamas.

Noun

pyjamas m pl

  1. pyjamas

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pʏˈʃɑːmɑs]

Noun

pyjamas

  1. pajamas

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from English. See there for more.

Noun

pyjamas m (definite singular pyjamasen, indefinite plural pyjamasar, definite plural pyjamasane)

  1. pajamas

References

  • “pyjamas” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʏjɑːmas/

Noun

pyjamas c

  1. pajamas, pyjamas

Declension

Derived terms

  • pyjamaspapper
  • pyjamasparty
  • pyjamasrandig

See also

  • nattlinne (“nightgown”)
  • nattskjorta (“nightshirt”)

References

  • pyjamas in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • pyjamas in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Welsh

Alternative forms

  • pajamas

Etymology

Borrowed from English pyjamas.

Pronunciation

  • (North Wales) IPA(key): /pəˈd͡ʒamas/
  • (South Wales) IPA(key): /pəˈd͡ʒamaz/

Noun

pyjamas pl (no singulative)

  1. pyjamas

Mutation


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