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Is halm a Scrabble word?

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

H4A1L1M3

Is halm a Scrabble UK word?

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

H4A1L1M3

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

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4-letter words (1 found)

HALM,

3-letter words (4 found)

HAM,LAH,LAM,MAL,

2-letter words (7 found)

AH,AL,AM,HA,HM,LA,MA,

You can make 12 words from halm according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of halm

halm ahlm hlam lham alhm lahm haml ahml hmal mhal amhl mahl hlma lhma hmla mhla lmha mlha almh lamh amlh malh lmah mlah

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

Definitions and meaning of halm

halm

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /hɔːm/
  • (US) IPA(key): /hɔm/
  • Rhymes: -ɔːm

Noun

halm (countable and uncountable, plural halms)

  1. (botany) Alternative spelling of haulm

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse halmr, from Proto-Germanic *halmaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /halm/, [halˀm]

Noun

halm c (singular definite halmen, not used in plural form)

  1. haulm, straw

Derived terms

References

  • “halm” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch halm, from Old Dutch *halm, from Proto-West Germanic *halm, from Proto-Germanic *halmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱolh₂mos.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɑlm

Noun

halm m (plural halmen, diminutive halmpje n)

  1. haulm, stalk, stem of grasses (including grain and reed)

Derived terms

Related terms

  • helm (“marram”)

East Central German

Preposition

halm

  1. (Erzgebirgisch) for, because of

Further reading

Middle English

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old English healm, from Proto-West Germanic *halm, from Proto-Germanic *halmaz.

Alternative forms

  • halme, healm, helme, holme

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /halm/

Noun

halm (plural helmes)

  1. The stalks remaining after cultivation; haulm, straw.
  2. The grip or pole of a weapon.
Descendants
  • English: haulm, halm, helm
References
  • “halm, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-18.

Etymology 2

Noun

halm

  1. Alternative form of helm

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Danish halm, from Old Norse halmr.

Noun

halm m (definite singular halmen)

  1. straw

Derived terms

  • halmtak

References

  • “halm” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

  • halm’e, hålm’e, hålm, håm’e, håm, hælm (hæłm), alm (dialectal)

Etymology

From Old Norse halmr, from Proto-Germanic *halmaz. Cognate with Faroese and Icelandic hálmur, Swedish and Danish halm, German Halm and English haulm.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /halm/, /haɽm/

Noun

halm m (definite singular halmen, indefinite plural halmar, definite plural halmane)

  1. (collective) haulm, straw
  2. straw stubble
    Synonym: halmstubb

Derived terms

References

  • “halm” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse halmr, from Proto-Germanic *halmaz.

Pronunciation

Noun

halm c

  1. straw, haulm

Usage notes

Straw in the countable sense is strå.

Declension

Related terms

References

  • halm in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • halm in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • halm in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Source: wiktionary.org