6-letter words ending with UM
Dive into the specific realm of 6-letter words that conclude with the letter UM. This focused section reveals the fascinating ways in which words of this particular length, ending with UM, contribute to the richness of the English language. Whether it's for expanding your vocabulary, solving puzzles, or simply for the love of words, discover how these terms uniquely blend length and ending sound.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| museum | 10 | a depository for collecting and displaying objects having scientific or historical or artistic value | - |
| medium | 11 | (usually plural) transmissions that are disseminated widely to the public | - |
| asylum | 11 | a shelter from danger or hardship | - |
| vacuum | 13 | an empty area or space | without their support he'll be ruling in a vacuum |
| sodium | 9 | a silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group; occurs abundantly in natural compounds (especially in salt water); burns with a yellow flame and reacts violently in water; occurs in sea water and in the mineral halite (rock salt) | - |
| valium | 11 | a tranquilizer (trade name Valium) used to relieve anxiety and relax muscles; acts by enhancing the inhibitory actions of the neurotransmitter GABA; can also be used as an anticonvulsant drug in cases of nerve agent poisoning | - |
| rectum | 10 | the terminal section of the alimentary canal; from the sigmoid flexure to the anus | - |
| magnum | 11 | a large wine bottle for liquor or wine | - |
| possum | 10 | nocturnal arboreal marsupial having a naked prehensile tail found from southern North America to northern South America | - |
| helium | 11 | a very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses; the most difficult gas to liquefy; occurs in economically extractable amounts in certain natural gases (as those found in Texas and Kansas) | - |
| podium | 11 | a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it | - |
| talcum | 10 | a fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate; used in a variety of products including talcum powder | - |
| atrium | 8 | any chamber that is connected to other chambers or passageways (especially one of the two upper chambers of the heart) | - |
| quorum | 17 | a gathering of the minimal number of members of an organization to conduct business | - |
| radium | 9 | an intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores | - |
| tedium | 9 | the feeling of being bored by something tedious | - |
| septum | 10 | (anatomy) a dividing partition between two tissues or cavities | - |
| dictum | 11 | an authoritative declaration | - |
| gypsum | 14 | a common white or colorless mineral (hydrated calcium sulphate) used to make cements and plasters (especially plaster of Paris) | - |
| sacrum | 10 | wedge-shaped bone consisting of five fused vertebrae forming the posterior part of the pelvis; its base connects with the lowest lumbar vertebra and its tip with the coccyx | - |
| barium | 10 | a soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group; found in barite | - |
| wampum | 15 | informal terms for money | - |
| dinkum | 13 | - | - |
| lyceum | 13 | a school for students intermediate between elementary school and college; usually grades 9 to 12 | - |
| phylum | 16 | (biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes | - |
| sputum | 10 | expectorated matter; saliva mixed with discharges from the respiratory passages; in ancient and medieval physiology it was believed to cause sluggishness | - |
| vallum | 11 | - | - |
| vellum | 11 | a heavy creamy-colored paper resembling parchment | - |
| factum | 13 | - | - |
| cesium | 10 | a soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures); the most electropositive and alkaline metal | - |
| kumkum | 18 | - | - |
| kookum | 16 | - | - |
| yessum | 11 | - | - |
| unicum | 10 | - | - |
| rumdum | 11 | - | - |
| schtum | 13 | - | - |
| plenum | 10 | a meeting of a legislative body at which all members are present | the plenum will vote on all tax increases |
| quotum | 17 | - | - |
| replum | 10 | - | - |
| regnum | 9 | - | - |
| sensum | 8 | - | - |
| sepium | 10 | - | - |
| scutum | 10 | - | - |
| siglum | 9 | - | - |
| skelum | 12 | - | - |
| pablum | 12 | worthless or oversimplified ideas | - |
| pactum | 12 | - | - |
| pileum | 10 | - | - |
| pellum | 10 | - | - |
| peplum | 12 | a garment worn by women in ancient Greece; cloth caught at the shoulders and draped in folds to the waist | - |
| pensum | 10 | - | - |
| tectum | 10 | - | - |
| tergum | 9 | - | - |
| telium | 8 | - | - |
| subgum | 11 | - | - |
| viscum | 13 | type genus of the Viscaceae: Old World evergreen shrubs parasitic on many trees including oaks but especially apple trees, poplars, aspens and cottonwoods | - |
| xenium | 15 | - | - |
| tomium | 10 | - | - |
| zythum | 23 | - | - |
| iterum | 8 | - | - |
| ionium | 8 | - | - |
| kalium | 12 | - | - |
| labrum | 10 | - | - |
| labium | 10 | a liplike structure that bounds a bodily orifice (especially any of the four labiate folds of a woman's vulva) | - |
| khanum | 15 | - | - |
| lolium | 8 | darnel; ryegrass | - |
| lignum | 9 | woody tissue | - |
| luteum | 8 | - | - |
| marrum | 10 | - | - |
| minium | 10 | a reddish oxide of lead (Pb3O4) used as a pigment in paints and in glass and ceramics | - |
| mentum | 10 | the protruding part of the lower jaw | - |
| milium | 10 | a small whitish lump in the skin due to a clogged sebaceous gland | - |
| multum | 10 | - | - |
| nincum | 10 | - | - |
| nickum | 14 | - | - |
| mutuum | 10 | - | - |
| oidium | 9 | - | - |
| ostium | 8 | - | - |
| osmium | 10 | a hard brittle blue-grey or blue-black metallic element that is one of the platinum metals; the heaviest metal known | - |
| outsum | 8 | - | - |
| omasum | 10 | the third compartment of the stomach of a ruminant | - |
| omnium | 10 | - | - |
| ingrum | 9 | - | - |
| indium | 9 | a rare soft silvery metallic element; occurs in small quantities in sphalerite | - |
| hummum | 15 | - | - |
| humhum | 16 | - | - |
| idolum | 9 | - | - |
| hypnum | 16 | - | - |
| dolium | 9 | - | - |
| dirdum | 10 | - | - |
| durdum | 10 | - | - |
| dumdum | 12 | a soft-nosed small-arms bullet that expands when it hits a target and causes a gaping wound | - |
| dorsum | 9 | the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine | - |
| echium | 13 | a genus of bristly herbs and shrubs of the family Boraginaceae | - |
| estrum | 8 | - | - |
| exacum | 17 | genus of tropical Asiatic and African plants: especially Persian violets | - |
| erbium | 10 | a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs with yttrium | - |
| ferrum | 11 | - | - |
| folium | 11 | a thin layer or stratum of (especially metamorphic) rock | - |
| frenum | 11 | - | - |
| gonium | 9 | - | - |
| granum | 9 | - | - |
| crinum | 10 | - | - |
| corium | 10 | the deep vascular inner layer of the skin | - |
| dadgum | 11 | - | - |
| cundum | 11 | - | - |
| cuprum | 12 | - | - |
| curium | 10 | a radioactive transuranic metallic element; produced by bombarding plutonium with helium nuclei | - |
| asarum | 8 | wild ginger | - |
| antrum | 8 | a natural cavity or hollow in a bone | - |
| boojum | 17 | - | - |
| bunkum | 14 | unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements) | - |
| caecum | 12 | the cavity in which the large intestine begins and into which the ileum opens | - |
| cerium | 10 | a ductile grey metallic element of the lanthanide series; used in lighter flints; the most abundant of the rare-earth group | - |
| centum | 10 | - | - |
| cilium | 10 | any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids | - |
| conium | 10 | small genus of highly toxic biennials: hemlock | - |
| beflum | 13 | - | - |
| bivium | 13 | - | - |
| aecium | 10 | fruiting body of some rust fungi bearing chains of aeciospores | - |
| adytum | 12 | - | - |
| acetum | 10 | sour-tasting liquid produced usually by oxidation of the alcohol in wine or cider and used as a condiment or food preservative | - |
| amylum | 13 | a complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stem pith of plants, notably in corn, potatoes, wheat, and rice; an important foodstuff and used otherwise especially in adhesives and as fillers and stiffeners for paper and textiles | - |
| amomum | 12 | - | - |
| allium | 8 | large genus of perennial and biennial pungent bulbous plants: garlic; leek; onion; chive; sometimes placed in family Alliaceae as the type genus | - |
| alarum | 8 | an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger | - |
