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Is claim a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word claim is a Scrabble US word. The word claim is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is claim a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word claim is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

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5-letter words (2 found)

CLAIM,MALIC,

4-letter words (8 found)

CALM,CAMI,CLAM,LAIC,LIMA,MAIL,MALI,MICA,

3-letter words (11 found)

AIL,AIM,AMI,CAL,CAM,LAC,LAM,MAC,MAL,MIC,MIL,

2-letter words (7 found)

AI,AL,AM,LA,LI,MA,MI,

You can make 28 words from claim according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of claim

claim lcaim calim aclim lacim alcim cliam lciam cilam iclam licam ilcam cailm acilm cialm icalm aiclm iaclm laicm alicm liacm ilacm ailcm ialcm clami lcami calmi aclmi lacmi alcmi clmai lcmai cmlai mclai lmcai mlcai camli acmli cmali mcali amcli macli lamci almci lmaci mlaci amlci malci clima lcima cilma iclma licma ilcma clmia lcmia cmlia mclia lmcia mlcia cimla icmla cmila mcila imcla micla limca ilmca lmica mlica imlca milca caiml aciml ciaml icaml aicml iacml camil acmil cmail mcail amcil macil cimal icmal cmial mcial imcal mical aimcl iamcl amicl maicl imacl miacl laimc alimc liamc ilamc ailmc ialmc lamic almic lmaic mlaic amlic malic limac ilmac lmiac mliac imlac milac aimlc iamlc amilc mailc imalc mialc

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Definitions and meaning of claim

claim

Alternative forms

  • claym (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English claimen, borrowed from Old French clamer (to call, name, send for), from Latin clāmō, clāmāre (to call, cry out), from Proto-Italic *klāmāō, from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (to shout), which is imitative.

See also Lithuanian kalba (language), Old English hlōwan (to low, make a noise like a cow), Old High German halan (to call), Ancient Greek καλέω (kaléō, to call, convoke), κλέδον (klédon, report, fame), κέλαδος (kélados, noise), Middle Irish cailech (cock), Latin calō (to call out, announce solemnly), Sanskrit उषःकल (uṣaḥkala, cock, literally dawn-calling). Cognate with Spanish llamar and clamar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kleɪm/
  • Rhymes: -eɪm

Noun

claim (plural claims)

  1. A demand of ownership made for something.
  2. The thing claimed.
  3. The right or ground of demanding.
  4. A new statement of something one believes to be the truth, usually when the statement has yet to be verified or without valid evidence provided.
  5. A demand of ownership for previously unowned land.
  6. (law) A legal demand for compensation or damages.

Usage notes

  • Demand ownership of land not previously owned. One usually stakes a claim.
  • The legal sense. One usually makes a claim. See Appendix:Collocations of do, have, make, and take

Derived terms

Collocations

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: kleim
  • Dutch: claimen
  • Indonesian: klaim

Translations

Verb

claim (third-person singular simple present claims, present participle claiming, simple past and past participle claimed)

  1. To demand ownership of.
  2. To state a new fact, typically without providing evidence to prove it is true.
  3. To demand ownership or right to use for land.
  4. (law) To demand compensation or damages through the courts.
  5. (intransitive) To be entitled to anything; to deduce a right or title; to have a claim.
  6. To cause the loss of.
  7. To win as a prize in a sport or competition.
  8. (obsolete) To proclaim.
  9. (archaic) To call or name.

Derived terms

Translations

Related terms

  • claimable
  • claimant
  • claimer
  • disclaim
  • disclaimer

Further reading

  • “claim”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “claim”, in The Century Dictionary [], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • malic

Chinese

Etymology

From English claim.

Pronunciation

Verb

claim

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) to claim a sum of money
    claimclaim [Cantonese]  ―  kem1 cin4-2 [Jyutping]  ―  reimbursement
    claim保險claim保险 [Cantonese]  ―  kem1 bou2 him2 [Jyutping]  ―  to make an insurance claim

References

  • English Loanwords in Hong Kong Cantonese

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

claim

  1. inflection of claimen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Source: wiktionary.org