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Is squame a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word squame is a Scrabble US word. The word squame is worth 17 points in Scrabble:

S1Q10U1A1M3E1

Is squame a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word squame is a Scrabble UK word and has 17 points:

S1Q10U1A1M3E1

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6-letter words (2 found)

MASQUE,SQUAME,

5-letter words (1 found)

AMUSE,

4-letter words (13 found)

AMES,AMUS,EAUS,EMUS,MAES,MASE,MASU,MESA,MEUS,MUSE,SAME,SEAM,UMES,

3-letter words (24 found)

AME,AMU,AUE,EAS,EAU,EMS,EMU,MAE,MAS,MES,MEU,MUS,QUA,SAE,SAM,SAU,SEA,SMA,SUE,SUM,SUQ,UME,UMS,USE,

2-letter words (11 found)

AE,AM,AS,EA,EM,ES,MA,ME,MU,UM,US,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 52 words from squame according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of squame

squame

Etymology

From Latin squāma. Doublet of squama.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /skweɪm/
  • Rhymes: -eɪm

Noun

squame (plural squames)

  1. (zoology) The scale, or exopodite, of an antenna of a crustacean.
  2. (medicine) A flake of dead skin tissue.
  3. (medicine) A squamous (scale-like) cell.
  4. (anatomy) A bony plate.

Anagrams

  • masque

French

Etymology

Learned alteration of Old French eschame, after its source, Latin squama.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /skwam/

Noun

squame f (plural squames)

  1. (archaic or literary) scale

Further reading

  • “squame”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈskwa.me/
  • Rhymes: -ame
  • Hyphenation: squà‧me

Noun

squame f

  1. plural of squama

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • (early) scwame
  • (Northern) swame

Etymology

From Old French esquame, from Latin squāma.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈskwaːm(ə)/

Noun

squame (plural squames)

  1. Metal that flakes; a flake of such metal.
  2. (pathology) A flake or scale.
  3. (rare) Any scale or plate.

Related terms

  • squamous

Descendants

  • English: squame

References

  • “squāme, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Source: wiktionary.org