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Is came a Scrabble word?

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

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Is came a Scrabble UK word?

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

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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 came according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of came

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

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

Definitions and meaning of came

came

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /keɪm/, [kʰeɪ̯m]
  • (Canada) IPA(key): [kʰeːm]
    • (Ottawa Valley) IPA(key): [keːm], [kɛːm]
  • Rhymes: -eɪm

Etymology 1

See come.

Verb

came

  1. simple past of come
  2. (colloquial, nonstandard) past participle of come
  3. simple past of cum

Preposition

came

  1. Used to indicate that the following event, period, or change in state occurred in the past, after a time of waiting, enduring, or anticipation
Synonyms
  • (following event etc, in the past after waiting): by, when [event, period, change in state] came/arrived

See also

  • come (preposition)

Etymology 2

Attested from the 17th century, of unknown origin. Possibly from kame (“a ridge”). Compare Scots came (“comb”), Scots kame (“combing; a ridge”), and Middle English camet (“silver”).

Noun

came (plural cames)

  1. A grooved strip of metal, traditionally usually lead or brass and today sometimes stainless steel, used to hold panes of glass together in glazing.
Translations

References

Further reading

  • “came”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

  • ACME, Acme, ECMA, EMAC, Mace, Mače, acme, eMac, mace

French

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Dutch kam (“cog of a wheel; originally, comb”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kam/

Noun

came f (plural cames)

  1. cam (part of engine)
Derived terms
  • arbre à cames
Descendants
  • → Romanian: camă

Etymology 2

Clipping of camelote.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.mø/

Noun

came f (plural cames)

  1. stuff, trinket
  2. “stuff”, drug
Derived terms
  • camer

Etymology 3

Inflected form of camer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kam/

Verb

came

  1. inflection of camer:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

  • “came”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Noun

cāme

  1. vocative singular of cāmus

Northern Kurdish

Noun

came ?

  1. dress, clothing, garment

Derived terms

  • camedank

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kamm.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ca‧me

Noun

came m (plural cames)

  1. cam
    Synonym: camo

Further reading

  • “came” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English cambe (“comb”).

Noun

came (plural cames)

  1. alternative spelling of kame (“an act of combing; a steep-sided hill or ridge”)
  2. (archaic) a comb (toothed instrument for grooming hair or separating wool fibers)
  3. (archaic) a crest or comb of a bird
  4. (archaic) honeycomb

References


Source: wiktionary.org