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Is flam a Scrabble word?

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

F4L1A1M3

Is flam a Scrabble UK word?

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

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Yes. The word flam is a Words With Friends word. The word flam is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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4-letter words (1 found)

FLAM,

3-letter words (3 found)

ALF,LAM,MAL,

2-letter words (5 found)

AL,AM,FA,LA,MA,

You can make 9 words from flam according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of flam

flam lfam falm aflm lafm alfm flma lfma fmla mfla lmfa mlfa faml afml fmal mfal amfl mafl lamf almf lmaf mlaf amlf malf

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

Definitions and meaning of flam

flam

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /flæm/
  • Rhymes: -æm

Etymology 1

17th century; from flim-flam, itself perhaps from a dialectal word or Scandinavian; compare Old Norse flim (“lampoon, mockery”).

Noun

flam (countable and uncountable, plural flams)

  1. A freak or whim; an idle fancy.
  2. (archaic) A falsehood; a lie; an illusory pretext
    Synonyms: deception, delusion
    • 1692, Robert South, "A Further Account of the Nature and Measures of Conscience", in Forty Eight Sermons and Discourses on Several Subjects and Occasions (published 1697)
      all Pretences, or Pleas of Conscience, to the contrary, are nothing but Cant and Cheat, Flam and Delusion.
Translations

Verb

flam (third-person singular simple present flams, present participle flamming, simple past and past participle flammed)

  1. (obsolete) To deceive with a falsehood.
Translations

Etymology 2

Imitative.

Noun

flam (plural flams)

  1. (drumming) Two taps (a grace note followed by a full-volume tap) played very close together in order to sound like one slightly longer note.
Derived terms
  • flam paradiddle, flamadiddle
Translations

Verb

flam (third-person singular simple present flams, present participle flamming, simple past and past participle flammed)

  1. (drumming, transitive, intransitive) To play (notes as) a flam.

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Anagrams

  • FMLA

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French flan, from Old French flaon. Doublet of flaó.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [ˈflam]
  • Rhymes: -am

Noun

flam m (plural flams)

  1. flan (custard dessert)

Further reading

  • “flam” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “flam”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
  • “flam” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “flam” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Volapük

Noun

flam (nominative plural flams)

  1. flame

Declension


Source: wiktionary.org