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Is hams a Scrabble word?

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

H4A1M3S1

Is hams a Scrabble UK word?

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

H4A1M3S1

Is hams a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word hams is a Words With Friends word. The word hams is worth 9 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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4-letter words (3 found)

HAMS,MASH,SHAM,

3-letter words (8 found)

AHS,ASH,HAM,HAS,MAS,SAM,SHA,SMA,

2-letter words (7 found)

AH,AM,AS,HA,HM,MA,SH,

You can make 18 words from hams according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of hams

hams

English

Pronunciation

Noun

hams

  1. plural of ham
  2. (exercise, slang) The hamstring muscles; the biceps femoris

Anagrams

  • SAHM, sham, HMAS, Mahs, MSHA, AShM, MASH, HSAM, MHAs, Mash, Sham, Samh, Sahm, HMAs, mash, AMHS

Danish

Noun

hams c

  1. indefinite genitive singular of ham

Icelandic

Noun

hams m (genitive singular hams, nominative plural hamsar)

  1. (rare) skin
  2. (rare, except in phrases) mood
    að vera heitt í hamstri ― to be angry about something
  3. brown bits left over after animal fat has been melted
    1. hamsatólg

Declension

References

  • Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “hams”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse hams.

Noun

hams m (definite singular hamsen, indefinite plural hamsar, definite plural hamsane)

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References

  • “hams” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
  • “hams”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016
  • “hams” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring

Old Norse

Etymology

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Noun

hams m (genitive hams)

  1. snakeskin
  2. husk

Declension

  • Icelandic: hams
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hams
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hams

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “hams”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

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