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Is dram a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word dram is a Scrabble US word. The word dram is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word dram is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

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4-letter words (2 found)

DRAM,MARD,

3-letter words (7 found)

ARD,ARM,DAM,MAD,MAR,RAD,RAM,

2-letter words (5 found)

AD,AM,AR,DA,MA,

You can make 14 words from dram according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of dram

dram rdam darm adrm radm ardm drma rdma dmra mdra rmda mrda damr admr dmar mdar amdr madr ramd armd rmad mrad amrd mard

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Definitions and meaning of dram

dram

Etymology 1

From Middle English dragme, dramme, from Old French dragme, drame, from Late Latin dragma, from Latin drachma, from Ancient Greek δραχμή (drakhmḗ, “unit of weight; a handful”). Doublet of drachma, diram, dirham, dirhem, and adarme.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɹæm/
  • Rhymes: -æm

Noun

dram (plural drams)

  1. (units of measurement) A small unit of weight, variously:
    1. Alternative form of drachm (“One sixteenth of an ounce avoirdupois (1.77 g; symbol: ℨ or ʒ)”).
    2. (pharmacy) Alternative form of drachm (“One eighth of an ounce apothecary (3.89 g; symbol: ℨ or ʒ)”).
    3. (now uncommon) Synonym of dirhem: a former Turkish unit of weight (variously 1.5–3.5 g).
      • 1888, W.M.F. Petrie, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. XXIV, s.v. "Weights and Measures":
        Dram (49·5 grains), 100=chequi, 4=oka (2·8286 ℔); dram (49·5 grains), 180=rotl, 100=kintal or kantar (127·29 ℔).
    4. (obsolete) Synonym of drachma: a former Greek unit of weight (about 4.3 g).
  3. (by extension) Any similarly minute quantity, (now particularly) a small amount of strong alcohol or poison.
  4. (historical, mining) A cart formerly used to haul coal in coal mines.
  5. (obsolete) Synonym of drachma: a Greek silver coin weighing one drachma; other similar coins.
    • The Bible (King James Version), Ezra 2:69
      They gave after their ability unto the treasure of the work threescore and one thousand drams [i.e., the Persian daric] of gold, and five thousand pound of silver […]
Synonyms
  • (small amount of something): mite, smidge, smidgeon, bit, pinch
  • (small amount of alcohol): see nip
Derived terms
  • angel's dram
  • dram shop liability
Descendants
  • → Danish: dram
    • → Faroese: drammur
    • → Norwegian: dram
  • → Scottish Gaelic: dràm
Translations

Verb

dram (third-person singular simple present drams, present participle dramming, simple past and past participle drammed)

  1. (dated, intransitive) To drink drams.
  2. (dated, transitive) To ply with drams of drink.

Etymology 2

From Armenian դրամ (dram), from Middle Persian 𐭦𐭥𐭦𐭭 (zʿzn /⁠drahm⁠/), from Ancient Greek δραχμή (drakhmḗ, “unit of weight, a handful”), from δράσσομαι (drássomai, “I hold, seize”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɹæm/, /dɹɑm/

Noun

dram (plural drams)

  1. (numismatics) The currency of Armenia, divided into 100 luma.
Translations

Anagrams

  • AMDR, Adm'r, RADM, RAdm, arm'd, mard

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English dram, from Old French drame, variant of dragme.

Noun

dram c (singular definite drammen, plural indefinite dramme or drammer)

  1. dram (a small quantity of an alcoholic drink)

Inflection

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɑm

Verb

dram

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

Anagrams

  • darm, R'dam

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from English dram, from Old French drame, from Latin drachma, from Ancient Greek δραχμή (drakhmḗ). Doublet of drakme.

Noun

dram m (definite singular drammen, indefinite plural drammer, definite plural drammene)

  1. a dram, nip, shot (usually of akvavit)

References

  • “dram” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
  • “dram” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from English dram, from Old French drame, from Latin drachma, from Ancient Greek δραχμή (drakhmḗ). Doublet of drakme.

Noun

dram m (definite singular drammen, indefinite plural drammar, definite plural drammane)

  1. a dram, nip, shot (usually of akvavit)
  2. a drink (alcohol)

References

  • “dram” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *draum.

Noun

drām m

  1. a dream

Inflection

Descendants

  • North Frisian: drom
  • Saterland Frisian: Droom
  • West Frisian: dream

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdram/
  • Rhymes: -am

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Greek δράμι (drámi), from Byzantine Greek δράμι (drámi), from Arabic دِرْهَم (dirham), from Middle Persian 𐭦𐭥𐭦𐭭 (drahm), from Ancient Greek δραχμή f (drakhmḗ, “drachma”).

Noun

dram n (plural dramuri)

  1. (historical) dram (unit of measurement)
  2. (figurative) tiny amount
Declension

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Armenian դրամ (dram), from Middle Persian 𐭦𐭥𐭦𐭭 (drahm), from Ancient Greek δραχμή (drakhmḗ).

Noun

dram m (plural drami)

  1. (numismatics) dram (currency of Armenia)
Declension

References

  • dram in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English drum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɾam/, [ˈdɾam]

Noun

dram (Baybayin spelling ᜇ᜔ᜇᜋ᜔)

  1. drum (barrel or large cylindrical container)
  2. (music) drum
    Synonyms: tambol, bombo

See also

  • bariles

Further reading

  • “dram”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Source: wiktionary.org