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Is umber a Scrabble word?

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

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Is umber a Scrabble UK word?

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

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5-letter words (3 found)

BRUME,UMBER,UMBRE,

4-letter words (4 found)

BERM,MURE,RUBE,RUME,

3-letter words (14 found)

BRU,BUM,BUR,EMU,ERM,MEU,REB,REM,RUB,RUE,RUM,UME,URB,URE,

2-letter words (8 found)

BE,EM,ER,ME,MU,RE,UM,UR,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 30 words from umber according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of umber

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Definitions and meaning of umber

umber

Alternative forms

  • umbre (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle French ombre (“umber”), from terre d'ombre (“dark ochre”), from Old French umbre (“shade, shadow”), from Latin umbra. Doublet of umbra.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈʌmbə/
  • (General American) enPR: ŭmʹbər, IPA(key): /ˈʌmbɚ/
  • Rhymes: -ʌmbə(ɹ)
  • Hyphenation: um‧ber

Noun

umber (plural umbers)

  1. A brown clay, somewhat darker than ochre, which contains iron and manganese oxides.
  2. Alternative form of umbrere
  3. A grayling.
  4. A dusky brown African wading bird (Scopus umbretta) allied to the shoebill and herons; a hamerkop.

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

umber (not comparable)

  1. Of a reddish brown colour, like that of the pigment.

Translations

Verb

umber (third-person singular simple present umbers, present participle umbering, simple past and past participle umbered)

  1. (transitive) To give a reddish-brown colour to.

Derived terms

  • burnt umber
  • mottled umber
  • umber moth

See also

  • Appendix:Colors

Anagrams

  • brume, umbre

Latin

Etymology

See English Umbri.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈum.ber/, [ˈʊmbɛr]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈum.ber/, [ˈumber]

Adjective

umber (feminine umbra, neuter umbrum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

  1. Umbrian

Declension

First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).

Noun

umber m (genitive umbrī); second declension

  1. an Umbrian; also a breed of sheep and dog

Declension

Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).

References

  • umber in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “Vmber” on page 2087/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

Manx

Etymology

Borrowed from English umber.

Noun

umber m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])

  1. umber

Source: wiktionary.org