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Is acme a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word acme is a Scrabble US word. The word acme is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

A1C3M3E1

Is acme a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word acme is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

A1C3M3E1

Is acme a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word acme is a Words With Friends word. The word acme is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

A1C4M4E1

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4-letter words (3 found)

ACME,CAME,MACE,

3-letter words (5 found)

ACE,AME,CAM,MAC,MAE,

2-letter words (6 found)

AE,AM,EA,EM,MA,ME,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 15 words from acme according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of acme

acme came amce mace cmae mcae acem caem aecm eacm ceam ecam amec maec aemc eamc meac emac cmea mcea cema ecma meca emca

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word acme. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in acme.

Definitions and meaning of acme

acme

Alternative forms

  • (obsolete) achma, akme, achme

Etymology

Directly borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀκμή (akmḗ, “point, high point”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈæk.mi/

Noun

acme (plural acmes)

  1. A high point: the highest point of any range, the most developed stage of any process, or the culmination of any field or historical period. [c. 1610]
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:apex
  2. A paragon: a person or thing representing such a high point. [c. 1610]
  3. (rare) Full bloom or reproductive maturity.
  4. (medicine) Synonym of crisis, the decisive moment in the course of an illness.
  5. Alternative letter-case form of Acme, particularly as a threading format.

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References

  • “acme, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2021.
  • “acme”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
  • “acme”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • ECMA, EMAC, Mace, Mače, came, eMac, mace

Italian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀκμή (akmḗ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈak.me/
  • Rhymes: -akme
  • Hyphenation: àc‧me

Noun

acme f (invariable)

  1. acme, apex
    Synonyms: apice, culmine, sommità
  2. (medicine) acme

Further reading

  • acme in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Source: wiktionary.org