Words by starting letters

Words Starting With UM

There are 145 words that start with UM, from 2 letters to 14. The highest scoring is UMBRACULIFORM at 24 points in Scrabble, and 5 of them carry a J, Q, X or Z.

Words Starting With UM: What They Mean

The most familiar words on this page and what they mean. Tap any word for its full entry, score and anagrams.

  • UMBRELLA noun a lightweight handheld collapsible canopy
  • UMBRELLAS noun form of UMBRELLA: a lightweight handheld collapsible canopy
  • UMP noun an official at a baseball game
  • UMBO noun a slight rounded elevation where the malleus attaches to the eardrum
  • UMPS noun form of UMP: an official at a baseball game
  • UMBEL noun flat-topped or rounded inflorescence characteristic of the family Umbelliferae in which the individual flower stalks arise from about the same point
  • UMBER noun an earth pigment
  • UMBOS noun form of UMBO: a slight rounded elevation where the malleus attaches to the eardrum
  • UMBRA noun a region of complete shadow resulting from total obstruction of light
  • UMBELS noun form of UMBEL: flat-topped or rounded inflorescence characteristic of the family Umbelliferae in which the individual flower stalks arise from about the same point

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Nearby Lists

UB · UD · UG · UI · UL · UN · UP · UR · US · UT · UV · UX

Narrower still, 2 longer openings: UMB · UMP

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