calumet
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- Scrabble points
- 11
- Words With Friends
- 15
- Letters
- 7
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Definition of calumet
14 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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A clay tobacco pipe used by Native Americans, especially as a symbol of truce or peace.
“THE CALUMET OF PEACE. He offered a cigarette to the professor and took one himself.”
“When the chief has directed them to approach, they advance; those who have the calumets, chant and dance with much agility, now turning around each other, and now presenting themselves in front, but always with violent movements and extraordinary contortions.”
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noun
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A clay tobacco pipe used by Native Americans, especially as a symbol of truce or peace.
“THE CALUMET OF PEACE. He offered a cigarette to the professor and took one himself.”
“When the chief has directed them to approach, they advance; those who have the calumets, chant and dance with much agility, now turning around each other, and now presenting themselves in front, but always with violent movements and extraordinary contortions.”
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Etymology
From a Norman variant of Old French chalumeau (imported to Canada with Norman colonists), from Latin calamellus, diminutive of calamus (“reed”), from Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos).
Words you can make from calumet
115 playable · top: ACETUM (10 pts)
Best play acetum 10 points6-letter words
6 words5-letter words
10 words4-letter words
42 words- ACME 8 pts
- CALM 8 pts
- CAME 8 pts
- CLAM 8 pts
- CULM 8 pts
- MACE 8 pts
- ALEC 6 pts
- ALME 6 pts
- ALUM 6 pts
- CATE 6 pts
- CAUL 6 pts
- CELT 6 pts
- CLUE 6 pts
- CULT 6 pts
- CUTE 6 pts
- LACE 6 pts
- LAME 6 pts
- LUCE 6 pts
- LUMA 6 pts
- MALE 6 pts
- MALT 6 pts
- MATE 6 pts
- MAUL 6 pts
- MAUT 6 pts
- MEAL 6 pts
- MEAT 6 pts
- MELT 6 pts
- META 6 pts
- MULE 6 pts
- MUTE 6 pts
- TACE 6 pts
- TALC 6 pts
- TAME 6 pts
- TEAM 6 pts
- LATE 4 pts
- LATU 4 pts
- LUTE 4 pts
- TAEL 4 pts
- TALE 4 pts
- TEAL 4 pts
- TELA 4 pts
- TULE 4 pts
3-letter words
41 words- CAM 7 pts
- CUM 7 pts
- MAC 7 pts
- ACE 5 pts
- ACT 5 pts
- AMU 5 pts
- CAL 5 pts
- CAT 5 pts
- CEL 5 pts
- CUE 5 pts
- CUT 5 pts
- ECU 5 pts
- ELM 5 pts
- EMU 5 pts
- LAC 5 pts
- LAM 5 pts
- LUM 5 pts
- MAE 5 pts
- MAT 5 pts
- MEL 5 pts
- MET 5 pts
- MUT 5 pts
- TAM 5 pts
- TEC 5 pts
- TUM 5 pts
- ALE 3 pts
- ALT 3 pts
- ATE 3 pts
- EAT 3 pts
- EAU 3 pts
- ETA 3 pts
- LAT 3 pts
- LEA 3 pts
- LET 3 pts
- LEU 3 pts
- TAE 3 pts
- TAU 3 pts
- TEA 3 pts
- TEL 3 pts
- UTA 3 pts
- UTE 3 pts
2-letter words
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