You can make 5 words from gem according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.
All 3 letters words made out of gem
gem egm gme mge emg meg
Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word gem. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in gem.
Definitions and meaning of gem
gem
Translingual
Symbol
gem
(international standards)ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-5 language code for Germanic languages.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Englishgemme, gimme, yimme, ȝimme, from Old Englishġimm, from Proto-West Germanic*gimmu(“gem”) and Old Frenchgemme(“gem”), both from Latingemma(“a swelling bud; jewel, gem”). Doublet of gemma and Gemma.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /d͡ʒɛm/
(pin–pen merger) IPA(key): /d͡ʒɪm/
Rhymes: -ɛm
Noun
gem (countable and uncountable, pluralgems)
A precious stone, usually of substantial monetary value or prized for its beauty or shine.
(figuratively) Any precious or highly valued thing or person.
Anything of small size, or expressed within brief limits, which is regarded as a gem on account of its beauty or value, such as a small picture, a verse of poetry, or an epigram.
(obsolete) A gemma or leaf-bud.
c.1668, John Denham (translator), Of Old Age by Cato the Elder, Part 3, in Poems and Translations, with The Sophy, London: H. Herringman, 4th edition, 1773, p. 35,[3]
Then from the Joynts of thy prolifick Stemm
A swelling Knot is raised (call’d a Gemm)
1803, John Browne Cutting, “A Succinct History of Jamaica” in Robert Charles Dallas, The History of the Maroons, London: Longman and Rees, Volume 1, p. xcii,[4]
In about twelve days the sprouts from the gems of the planted cane are seen […]
A geometrid moth of species Orthonama obstipata.
(computing) A package containing programs or libraries for the Ruby programming language.
(uncountable, printing, uncommon, obsolete) A size of type between brilliant (4-point) and diamond (4½-point), running 222 lines to the foot.
Synonyms
(precious stone):gemstone, jewel, precious stone; see also Thesaurus:gemstone
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
gem (third-person singular simple presentgems, present participlegemming, simple past and past participlegemmed)
(transitive) To adorn with, or as if with, gems.
Synonyms
begem
References
Gemstones on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
“gem”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams
EGM, EMG, MEG, MGE, Meg, meg, meg-
Albanian
Alternative forms
gemb
Etymology
Together with gemb, a phonetic variant of gjemb.
Noun
gemm
branch
Derived terms
gemtë
Related terms
gjemb
References
Cimbrian
Alternative forms
ghèban(Sette Comuni)
Etymology
From Middle High Germangeben, from Old High Germangeban, from Proto-West Germanic*geban, from Proto-Germanic*gebaną.
Cognate with Germangeben, Dutchgeven, obsolete Englishyive, Icelandicgefa.
Verb
gem (strong class 5 , auxiliaryhåm)
(Luserna) to give
References
Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Danish
Verb
gem
imperative of gemme
Meriam
Noun
gem
body
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Englishgame, from Middle Englishgame, gamen, gammen, from Old Englishgamen(“sport, joy, mirth, pastime, game, amusement, pleasure”), from Proto-West Germanic*gaman, from Proto-Germanic*gamaną(“amusement, pleasure, game”), from *ga-(collective prefix) + *mann-(“man”); or alternatively from *ga- + a root from Proto-Indo-European*men-(“to think, have in mind”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ɡɛm/
Rhymes: -ɛm
Syllabification: gem
Noun
gemm inan
(tennis) game (part of a set)
Declension
Further reading
gem in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN