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Is rhombus a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word rhombus is a Scrabble US word. The word rhombus is worth 14 points in Scrabble:

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Is rhombus a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word rhombus is a Scrabble UK word and has 14 points:

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7-letter words (1 found)

RHOMBUS,

6-letter words (6 found)

HUMORS,MOHURS,MORBUS,RHOMBS,RHUMBS,RUMBOS,

5-letter words (15 found)

BORMS,BRUSH,BUHRS,HOURS,HUMOR,MOHRS,MOHUR,OMBUS,RHOMB,RHUMB,ROUMS,RUMBO,SHRUB,SOHUR,UMBOS,

4-letter words (45 found)

BOHS,BORM,BORS,BOSH,BROS,BRUS,BUHR,BUMS,BURS,BUSH,HOBS,HOMS,HORS,HOUR,HUBS,HUMS,HUSO,MHOS,MOBS,MOHR,MORS,MOSH,MOUS,MUSH,MUSO,OHMS,OMBU,ORBS,OURS,RHOS,RHUS,ROBS,ROMS,ROUM,RUBS,RUMS,RUSH,SHMO,SMUR,SORB,SOUM,SOUR,SUMO,UMBO,URBS,

3-letter words (42 found)

BOH,BOR,BOS,BRO,BRU,BUM,BUR,BUS,HOB,HOM,HOS,HUB,HUM,MHO,MOB,MOR,MOS,MOU,MUS,OBS,OHM,OHS,OMS,ORB,ORS,OUR,OUS,RHO,ROB,ROM,RUB,RUM,SHO,SOB,SOH,SOM,SOU,SUB,SUM,SUR,UMS,URB,

2-letter words (17 found)

BO,HM,HO,MO,MU,OB,OH,OM,OR,OS,OU,SH,SO,UH,UM,UR,US,

You can make 126 words from rhombus according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of rhombus

rhombus

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin rhombus, from Ancient Greek ῥόμβος (rhómbos, “rhombus, spinning top”). Doublet of rhomb and rhumb.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɹɒmbəs/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈɹɑːmbəs/

Noun

rhombus (plural rhombi or rhombuses)

  1. (geometry) A parallelogram having all sides of equal length. [from 16th c.]
    1. The rhombus diamond, as one of the suits seen in a deck of playing cards ( or ).
  2. In early Greek religion, an instrument whirled on the end of a string similar to a bullroarer.
  3. (zoology, now rare) Any of several flatfishes, including the brill and turbot, once considered part of the genus Rhombus, now in Scophthalmus. [from 16th c.]
  4. (zoology, archaic) Snails, now in genus Conus or family Conidae.

Synonyms

  • (geometry): diamond (not in technical use), lozenge (if not square), rhomb

Holonyms

  • (geometry): rhombohedron

Derived terms

  • rhombus star

Related terms

Translations

References

  • “rhombus”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
  • “rhombus”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Latin

Alternative forms

  • rombus, rumbus (Medieval Latin)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ῥόμβος (rhómbos, “rhombus, spinning top”), from ῥέμβω (rhémbō, “I turn around”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈrom.bus/, [ˈrɔmbʊs̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈrom.bus/, [ˈrɔmbus]

Noun

rhombus m (genitive rhombī); second declension

  1. rhombus (geometry)
  2. flatfish
  3. a magician's circle
  4. (Medieval Latin) sturgeon
    Synonym: sturiō
    Hyponym: carrocō

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Descendants

  • Catalan: rom
  • Portuguese: rumo
  • Spanish: rumbo, romo
    • → English: rhumb
  • Sicilian: rummu
Borrowings

References

  • “rhombus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “rhombus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • rhombus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • rhombus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “rhombus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “rhombus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

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