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Is tantalum a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word tantalum is a Scrabble US word. The word tantalum is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

T1A1N1T1A1L1U1M3

Is tantalum a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word tantalum is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

T1A1N1T1A1L1U1M3

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Yes. The word tantalum is a Words With Friends word. The word tantalum is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

T1A1N2T1A1L2U2M4

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8-letter words (1 found)

TANTALUM,

7-letter words (2 found)

MULATTA,TALAUNT,

6-letter words (9 found)

ALUMNA,MANATU,MANTUA,MANUAL,MATATU,MUTANT,TALANT,TAMANU,TUTMAN,

5-letter words (12 found)

ALANT,AMAUT,ATMAN,LAUAN,MANAT,MANTA,MANUL,NATAL,TALMA,TAMAL,TAUNT,ULAMA,

4-letter words (38 found)

ALAN,ALMA,ALUM,AMLA,ANAL,ANTA,ATMA,ATUA,AULA,AUNT,LAMA,LANA,LANT,LATU,LUMA,LUNA,LUNT,MALA,MALT,MANA,MATT,MAUL,MAUN,MAUT,MUNT,MUTT,NAAM,NALA,NAMU,TAAL,TALA,TANA,TATU,TAUT,TUAN,TUNA,ULAN,ULNA,

3-letter words (32 found)

AAL,ALA,ALT,ALU,AMA,AMU,ANA,ANT,ATT,AUA,LAM,LAT,LUM,LUN,MAA,MAL,MAN,MAT,MNA,MUN,MUT,NAM,NAT,NUT,TAM,TAN,TAT,TAU,TUM,TUN,TUT,UTA,

2-letter words (14 found)

AA,AL,AM,AN,AT,LA,MA,MU,NA,NU,TA,UM,UN,UT,

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

Definitions and meaning of tantalum

tantalum

Alternative forms

  • tantalium (obsolete)

Etymology

A New Latin word derived by Swedish chemist Anders Gustaf Ekeberg in 1802, from Latin Tantalus, named after Tantalus, alluding to the element's incapacity to absorb acid. See -ium.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: tăn'tələm, IPA(key): /ˈtæntələm/

Noun

tantalum (countable and uncountable, plural tantalums)

  1. A chemical element (symbol Ta) with atomic number 73: a rare, hard, blue-gray, lustrous transition metal that is highly corrosion-resistant.

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References

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

Danish

Noun

tantalum

  1. (now rare) Alternative form of tantal

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈtan.ta.lum/, [ˈt̪än̪t̪äɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈtan.ta.lum/, [ˈt̪än̪t̪älum]

Noun

tantalum n (genitive tantalī); second declension

  1. tantalum

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Limburgish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tɑ˧nˈʃaː˨lɔ˧m]

Noun

tantalum n

  1. (uncountable) tantalum
  2. A part of tantalum

Malay

Etymology

From English tantalum, from New Latin [Term?], from Latin tantalus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tantalom], [tantaləm], [tɛntələm]
  • Rhymes: -alom, -lom, -om

Noun

tantalum

  1. tantalum

Source: wiktionary.org