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

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Is umami a Scrabble UK word?

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

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5-letter words (2 found)

IMAUM,UMAMI,

4-letter words (3 found)

IMAM,MAIM,UMMA,

3-letter words (7 found)

AIM,AMI,AMU,MAM,MIM,MUM,UMM,

2-letter words (7 found)

AI,AM,MA,MI,MM,MU,UM,

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

All 5 letters words made out of umami

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Definitions and meaning of umami

umami

English

Etymology

From Japanese 旨味, うまみ (umami), from 旨い (umai, delicious), which describes the quality of a pleasant, savory taste.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /uˈmɑːmi/
  • Rhymes: -ɑːmi

Noun

umami (uncountable)

  1. One of the five basic tastes, the savory taste of foods such as seaweed, cured fish, aged cheeses and meats.
    Synonyms: savoriness, deliciousness, meatiness, brothiness
    Coordinate terms: bitterness, saltiness, sourness, sweetness

Derived terms

Translations

See also

  • osmazome

Further reading

  • umami on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • imaum

Finnish

Etymology

From Japanese 旨味, うまみ (umami).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈumɑmi/, [ˈumɑ̝mi]
  • Rhymes: -umɑmi
  • Syllabification(key): u‧ma‧mi

Noun

umami

  1. umami

Declension

Synonyms

  • lihaisuus
  • ruokaisuus

Further reading

  • umami”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04

Anagrams

  • ammui

Indonesian

Etymology

From Japanese 旨味(うまみ) (umami), from 旨い (umai, delicious), which describes the quality of a pleasant, savory taste.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈumami]
  • Hyphenation: uma‧mi

Noun

umami (first-person possessive umamiku, second-person possessive umamimu, third-person possessive umaminya)

  1. (cooking) umami: one of the five basic tastes, the savory taste of foods such as seaweed, cured fish, aged cheeses and meats.

Adjective

umami

  1. tasty, savory.
    Synonyms: gurih, lezat, nikmat

Further reading

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

Japanese

Romanization

umami

  1. Rōmaji transcription of うまみ

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Japanese 旨味, うまみ (umami).

Noun

umami m (definite singular umamien, uncountable)

  1. umami

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Japanese 旨味, うまみ (umami).

Noun

umami m (definite singular umamien, uncountable)

  1. umami

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Japanese 旨味, うまみ (umami).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /uˈma.mi/
  • Rhymes: -ami
  • Syllabification: u‧ma‧mi

Adjective

umami (not comparable, no derived adverb)

  1. umami

Noun

umami n (indeclinable)

  1. umami

Further reading

  • umami in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Noun

umami m (uncountable)

  1. umami

Swedish

Noun

umami c

  1. umami

Declension

References

  • umami in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • umami in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Source: wiktionary.org