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Is sistrum a Scrabble word?

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

S1I1S1T1R1U1M3

Is sistrum a Scrabble UK word?

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

S1I1S1T1R1U1M3

Is sistrum a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word sistrum is a Words With Friends word. The word sistrum is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (3 found)

SISTRUM,TRISMUS,TRUISMS,

6-letter words (9 found)

MISUST,MUISTS,MURTIS,MUSITS,STRIMS,STRUMS,TRUISM,TSURIS,TUISMS,

5-letter words (26 found)

MISTS,MUIRS,MUIST,MURTI,MUSIT,MUSTS,MUTIS,RIMUS,RISUS,RUSTS,SITUS,SMIRS,SMITS,SMURS,SMUTS,STIMS,STIRS,STRIM,STRUM,STUMS,SUITS,SUMIS,TRIMS,TRUSS,TUISM,TURMS,

4-letter words (35 found)

ISMS,MIRS,MISS,MIST,MUIR,MUSS,MUST,MUTI,MUTS,RIMS,RIMU,RITS,RUMS,RUST,RUTS,SIMS,SIRS,SIST,SITS,SMIR,SMIT,SMUR,SMUT,SRIS,STIM,STIR,STUM,SUIT,SUMI,SUMS,TRIM,TUIS,TUMS,TURM,UTIS,

3-letter words (24 found)

ISM,ITS,MIR,MIS,MUS,MUT,RIM,RIT,RUM,RUT,SIM,SIR,SIS,SIT,SRI,SUI,SUM,SUR,SUS,TIS,TUI,TUM,UMS,UTS,

2-letter words (11 found)

IS,IT,MI,MU,SI,ST,TI,UM,UR,US,UT,

You can make 108 words from sistrum according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of sistrum

sistrum

Alternative forms

  • systrum (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sīstrum, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek σεῖστρον (seîstron), from σείω (seíō, “shake”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɪstɹəm/
  • Rhymes: -ɪstɹəm

Noun

sistrum (plural sistrums or sistra)

  1. An ancient Egyptian musical instrument, to be shaken, consisting of a metal frame holding percussive metal beads.

Translations

See also

  • sistrum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • trismus, truisms

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsɪstrum]

Noun

sistrum n

  1. sistrum

Declension

Further reading

  • sistrum in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σεῖστρον (seîstron), from σείω (seíō, “shake”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsiːs.trum/, [ˈs̠iːs̠t̪rʊ̃ˑ]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsis.trum/, [ˈsist̪rum]

Noun

sīstrum n (genitive sīstrī); second declension

  1. sistrum

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Descendants

Further reading

  • “sistrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “sistrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • sistrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “sistrum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “sistrum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

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