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Yes. The word siglum is a Scrabble US word. The word siglum is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word siglum is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

S1I1G2L1U1M3

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6-letter words (1 found)

SIGLUM,

5-letter words (6 found)

GLIMS,GLUMS,GUSLI,IGLUS,MUILS,SIMUL,

4-letter words (18 found)

GISM,GLIM,GLUM,GULS,GUMS,IGLU,LIGS,LUGS,LUMS,MIGS,MILS,MUGS,MUIL,SLIM,SLUG,SLUM,SMUG,SUMI,

3-letter words (21 found)

GIS,GUL,GUM,GUS,ISM,LIG,LIS,LUG,LUM,MIG,MIL,MIS,MUG,MUS,SIG,SIM,SUG,SUI,SUM,UGS,UMS,

2-letter words (10 found)

GI,GU,IS,LI,MI,MU,SI,UG,UM,US,

You can make 56 words from siglum according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of siglum

siglum

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin siglum (“abbreviation”), possibly a contracted form of:

  • sigillum (“figurine, statuette; seal”), from signum (“figure, statue; seal, signet; mark, sign”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut, sever; to cut off”) or *sekʷ- (“to follow”)) + -ulum (diminutive suffix); or
  • singulum, a singular form of singulus (“apiece; every; single”, adjective), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“one; together”).

The plural form sigla is a learned borrowing from Late Latin sigla.

Pronunciation

  • Singular:
    • (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈsɪɡləm/
    • Hyphenation: sig‧lum
  • Plural:
    • (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈsɪɡlə/
    • Hyphenation: sig‧la

Noun

siglum (plural sigla)

  1. A letter or other symbol that stands for a name or word; specifically, one used in a modern literary work to refer to an early version of a text.
  2. (figurative) A thing which represents something else; a sign, a symbol.

Hyponyms

  • chrismon

Derived terms

  • siglarian

Translations

References

Further reading

  • scribal abbreviation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • “siglum, n.”, in Collins English Dictionary.
  • “siglum”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

  • mugils

Latin

Etymology

Possibly a contracted form of sigillum or singulum.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsi.ɡlum/, [ˈs̠ɪɡɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsi.ɡlum/, [ˈsiːɡlum]

Noun

siglum n (genitive siglī); second declension

  1. (Late Latin) abbreviation

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Descendants

  • ⇒ Medieval Latin: sigla (plural; later interpreted as singular feminine)
    • → Catalan: sigla
    • → French: sigle
      • → German: Sigel
    • → Italian: sigla
    • → Portuguese: sigla
  • → English: siglum

Source: wiktionary.org