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Is sulfur a Scrabble word?

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

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6-letter words (1 found)

SULFUR,

5-letter words (1 found)

FURLS,

4-letter words (9 found)

FLUS,FURL,FURS,LURS,SLUR,SULU,SURF,ULUS,URUS,

3-letter words (5 found)

FLU,FUR,LUR,SUR,ULU,

2-letter words (3 found)

FU,UR,US,

You can make 19 words from sulfur according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of sulfur

sulfur

Alternative forms

  • sulphur (Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, UK; no longer standard in scientific usage)

Etymology

From Middle English sulphur, borrowed from Anglo-Norman sulfre, from Latin sulfur, from sulpur itself of uncertain origin. Displaced Old English swefl and largely displaced brimstone.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈsʌl.fə/
  • (US) enPR: sŭl'fər, IPA(key): /ˈsʌl.fɚ/
  • Hyphenation: sul‧fur

Noun

sulfur (usually uncountable, plural sulfurs)

  2. (uncountable) A chemical element (symbol S) with an atomic number of 16.
    Synonym: (archaic, not in technical usage) brimstone
    Hypernym: chalcogen
  3. (countable, uncountable) A yellowish green colour, like that of sulfur.
  4. Any of various pierid butterflies of the subfamily Coliadinae, especially the sulfur-coloured species.
    Coordinate term: yellow

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Adjective

sulfur (comparative more sulfur, superlative most sulfur)

  1. Of a yellowish green colour, like that of sulfur.

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Verb

sulfur (third-person singular simple present sulfurs, present participle sulfuring, simple past and past participle sulfured)

  1. (transitive) To treat with sulfur, or a sulfur compound, especially to preserve or to counter agricultural pests.

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Further reading

  • David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Sulfur”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
  • “sulfur”, in Mindat.org‎[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.

Albanian

Noun

sulfur m (plural sulfure, definite sulfuri, definite plural sulfuret)

  1. (chemistry) sulfur

Declension

Further reading

  • “sulfur”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[2] (in Albanian), 1980

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sulfur; doublet of the inherited sofre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [sulˈfur]

Noun

sulfur m (plural sulfurs)

  1. sulfide, sulphide

Derived terms

  • disulfur

Further reading

  • “sulfur” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “sulfur”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
  • “sulfur” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “sulfur” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Danish

Etymology

Ultimately borrowed from Latin sulfur; cf. English sulfur.

Noun

sulfur

  1. (obsolete) sulphur

Synonyms

  • svovl

Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin sulfur.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsʊl.fʊr/
  • Rhymes: -fʊr, -ʊr, -r
  • Hyphenation: sul‧fur

Noun

sulfur (first-person possessive sulfurku, second-person possessive sulfurmu, third-person possessive sulfurnya)

  1. (chemistry) sulfur
    Synonym: belerang

Further reading

  • “sulfur” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Latin

Alternative forms

  • sulphur, sulpur

Etymology

From Hellenization of sulpur, of uncertain origin. Also compare Old Armenian ծծումբ (ccumb, “sulfur”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsul.fur/, [ˈs̠ʊɫ̪fʊr]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsul.fur/, [ˈsulfur]

Noun

sulfur n (genitive sulfuris); third declension

  1. sulfur, brimstone
  2. lightning

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

References

  • “sulfur”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “sulfur”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • sulfur in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from English sulfur, from Middle English, from Anglo-Norman sulfre, from Latin sulfur.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sulfo(ɹ)/
  • Rhymes: -fo(ɹ), -o(ɹ)
  • Rhymes: -ur

Noun

sulfur (Jawi spelling سولفور, plural sulfur-sulfur, informal 1st possessive sulfurku, 2nd possessive sulfurmu, 3rd possessive sulfurnya)

  1. sulfur (element)

Synonyms

  • belerang / بليرڠ

Source: wiktionary.org