chalumeau
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- Scrabble points
- 16
- Words With Friends
- 20
- Letters
- 9
Definition of chalumeau
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- A woodwind instrument which was the predecessor of the clarinet.
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noun
- A woodwind instrument which was the predecessor of the clarinet.
- The lowest range of the clarinet, reaching up to written B♭ (B flat) above middle C.
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Etymology
Borrowed from French chalumeau, from Late Latin calamellus, diminutive of Latin calamus (“reed”), from Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos, “reed”). Doublet of shawm and probably caramel.
Words you can make from chalumeau
114 playable · top: MACHE (12 pts)
Best play mache 12 points7-letter words
1 word6-letter words
5 words5-letter words
15 words4-letter words
42 words- CHAM 11 pts
- CHEM 11 pts
- CHUM 11 pts
- MACH 11 pts
- MECH 11 pts
- MUCH 11 pts
- ACHE 9 pts
- AHEM 9 pts
- AMAH 9 pts
- EACH 9 pts
- HAEM 9 pts
- HALM 9 pts
- HAME 9 pts
- HELM 9 pts
- LECH 9 pts
- ACME 8 pts
- CALM 8 pts
- CAME 8 pts
- CLAM 8 pts
- CULM 8 pts
- MACE 8 pts
- HALE 7 pts
- HAUL 7 pts
- HEAL 7 pts
- HULA 7 pts
- ALEC 6 pts
- ALMA 6 pts
- ALME 6 pts
- ALUM 6 pts
- CAUL 6 pts
- CLUE 6 pts
- LACE 6 pts
- LAMA 6 pts
- LAME 6 pts
- LUCE 6 pts
- LUMA 6 pts
- MALE 6 pts
- MAUL 6 pts
- MEAL 6 pts
- MULE 6 pts
- ALAE 4 pts
- LUAU 4 pts
3-letter words
33 words- HAM 8 pts
- HEM 8 pts
- HUM 8 pts
- MEH 8 pts
- CAM 7 pts
- CUM 7 pts
- MAC 7 pts
- AAH 6 pts
- AHA 6 pts
- HAE 6 pts
- HUE 6 pts
- LAH 6 pts
- ACE 5 pts
- AMA 5 pts
- AMU 5 pts
- CAL 5 pts
- CEL 5 pts
- CUE 5 pts
- ECU 5 pts
- ELM 5 pts
- EMU 5 pts
- LAC 5 pts
- LAM 5 pts
- LUM 5 pts
- MAE 5 pts
- MEL 5 pts
- AAL 3 pts
- ALA 3 pts
- ALE 3 pts
- EAU 3 pts
- LEA 3 pts
- LEU 3 pts
- ULU 3 pts
2-letter words
17 wordsHooks
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