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Is foam a Scrabble word?

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

F4O1A1M3

Is foam a Scrabble UK word?

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

F4O1A1M3

Is foam a Words With Friends word?

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

F4O1A1M4

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4-letter words (1 found)

FOAM,

3-letter words (3 found)

MOA,OAF,OMA,

2-letter words (6 found)

AM,FA,MA,MO,OF,OM,

You can make 10 words from foam according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of foam

foam ofam faom afom oafm aofm foma ofma fmoa mfoa omfa mofa famo afmo fmao mfao amfo mafo oamf aomf omaf moaf amof maof

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

Definitions and meaning of foam

foam

Etymology

From Middle English fom, foom, from Old English fām, from Proto-West Germanic *faim, from Proto-Germanic *faimaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)poHy-m-os, from *(s)poH(y)- (“foam”). Cognate with German Feim (“foam”), Latin spūma (“foam”), Latin pūmex (“pumice”), Sanskrit फेन (phéna, “foam”), possibly Northern Kurdish fê (“epilepsy”).

Pronunciation

  • (General American) enPR: fōm, IPA(key): /foʊm/
  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: fōm, IPA(key): /fəʊm/
  • Rhymes: -əʊm

Noun

foam (countable and uncountable, plural foams)

  1. A substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains, especially:
    Synonym: froth
    1. A collection of small bubbles created when the surface of a body of water is moved by tides, wind, etc.
      Synonyms: surf, spindrift, spume, spray
      • 1798, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner in Lyrical Ballads, London: J. & A. Arch, p. 12,[1]
        The breezes blew, the white foam flew, / The furrow follow’d free: / We were the first that ever burst / Into that silent Sea.
    2. A collection of small bubbles formed from bodily fluids such as saliva or sweat.
    3. A collection of small bubbles on the surface of a liquid that is heated, fermented or carbonated.
      Synonyms: effervescence, fizz, head, mousse
    4. A collection of small bubbles created by mixing soap with water.
      Synonyms: lather, suds
    5. (firefighting) A collection of small bubbles formed by mixing an extinguishing agent with water, used to cover and extinguish fires.
  2. A material formed by trapping pockets of gas in a liquid or solid.
  3. (figuratively, poetic) The sea.
  4. Fury.

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Verb

foam (third-person singular simple present foams, present participle foaming, simple past and past participle foamed)

  1. (intransitive) To form or emit foam.
  2. (intransitive) To spew saliva as foam; to foam at the mouth.
  3. (firefighting) To coat or cover with foam.

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Source: wiktionary.org