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trombone

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Is trombone a Scrabble word?

Yes, trombone is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 12 points in Scrabble.

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  • Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
  • Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
  • Wordle No
  • Words With Friends Yes

What is the meaning of trombone?

Definition

noun (English)

1. (film, television) A kind of extendable support for attaching lighting elements to a set.Examples: "The trombone […] permits an instrument to be positioned over a studio set wall, enabling the set wall to support the weight of the instrument."; "The two secondary controls are the trombone handle and the focus knob."

verb (English)

1. (telecommunications) To transmit a signal or data back to a central switching point before sending it out to its destination.

2. (film, slang, transitive) To extend and retract (the zoom lens); to use it too enthusiastically.Examples: "[…] do things wrong (like rotating the lens turret while shooting or backwinding and doing multiple passes on the same strip of film or doing in-camera fades with the variable shutter or tromboning a zoom lens like a teenager on acid, etc., etc., etc.) […]"; "He recalls (email to editor, 2 December 2012) that Durgnat 'shouted out' in response to his 'tromboning' the zoom-lens at the film's 1967 London Film Festival screening: […]"slangtransitive

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "trombone"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "trombone"?

Scrabble
12 points
T1
R1
O1
M3
B3
O1
N1
E1
Words With Friends
15 points
T1
R1
O1
M4
B4
O1
N2
E1

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