ARAMAIC is an ancient Semitic language that served as the lingua franca of the Near East for over a thousand years. It was the language Jesus spoke and remains sacred in several religious traditions.
No. ARAMAIC is not in the Scrabble-style word list used by our tools (proper nouns, abbreviations and most slang are excluded), so it cannot be played in Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordfeud. If it were allowed, its tiles would add up to 11 points in Scrabble.
| Letter | A | R | A | M | A | I | C | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scrabble | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| Words With Friends | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 13 |
| Wordfeud | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 12 |
ARAMAIC represents one of history's most influential languages, serving as the common tongue across vast empires from roughly 700 BCE to 700 CE. This Semitic language, closely related to Hebrew and Arabic, spread from its origins in ancient Aram (modern-day Syria) to become the administrative and commercial language of the Persian Empire.
Most remarkably, Aramaic was the daily language of Jesus Christ and his disciples. The Gospels preserve several Aramaic phrases spoken by Jesus, including "Talitha koum" (little girl, arise) and his cry on the cross, "Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?" (My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?). These preserved words offer a direct linguistic connection to pivotal moments in religious history.
Aramaic's influence extends throughout religious literature. Significant portions of the biblical books of Daniel and Ezra were written in Aramaic, as was the Talmud, Judaism's central text of rabbinical discussion. The language developed into numerous dialects, including Syriac, which became the liturgical language of several Eastern Christian churches.
ARAMAIC takes its name from "Aram," the ancient name for Syria and the broader region where the language originated. In Hebrew, the language is called "Aramit," while in Aramaic itself, it's "Aramaya." The Greeks called it "Aramaïkḗ," from which the English term derives.
Anagrams: no other word uses exactly the letters of ARAMAIC.
Words inside ARAMAIC: 37 shorter words can be made from these letters – highest scoring: MARACAMICRACRAMMARCMICAACARICAMMACMARIAMICAMIAAMIR. See all words from ARAMAIC.