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Is harm a Scrabble word?

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

H4A1R1M3

Is harm a Scrabble UK word?

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

H4A1R1M3

Is harm a Words With Friends word?

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

H3A1R1M4

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4-letter words (1 found)

HARM,

3-letter words (5 found)

ARM,HAM,MAR,RAH,RAM,

2-letter words (6 found)

AH,AM,AR,HA,HM,MA,

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

All 4 letters words made out of harm

harm ahrm hram rham arhm rahm hamr ahmr hmar mhar amhr mahr hrma rhma hmra mhra rmha mrha armh ramh amrh marh rmah mrah

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

Definitions and meaning of harm

harm

Alternative forms

  • harme (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English harm, herm, from Old English hearm, from Proto-West Germanic *harm, from Proto-Germanic *harmaz (“harm; shame; pain”). Cognate with Dutch harm (“harm”), German Harm (“harm”), Swedish harm (“anger, indignation, harm”), Icelandic harmur (“sorrow, grief”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /hɑːm/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /hɑɹm/
  • Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)m

Noun

harm (countable and uncountable, plural harms)

  1. Physical injury; hurt; damage.
  2. Emotional or figurative hurt.
  3. Detriment; misfortune.
  4. That which causes injury, damage, or loss.

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Verb

harm (third-person singular simple present harms, present participle harming, simple past and past participle harmed)

  1. To cause injury to another; to hurt; to cause damage to something.

Translations

Derived terms

Anagrams

  • Hmar, mahr

Icelandic

Noun

harm

  1. indefinite accusative singular of harmur

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhaɾˠəmˠ/

Noun

harm

  1. h-prothesized form of arm

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • harem, arme, herme

Etymology

From Old English hearm, from Proto-West Germanic *harm.

Noun

harm (plural harms)

  1. harm, injury, ruination

Descendants

  • English: harm
  • Scots: herm, hairm
  • Yola: harrm

References

  • “harm, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Old Norse

Noun

harm

  1. accusative singular of harmr

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *harmaz.

Noun

harm m

  1. harm

Descendants

  • Middle Low German: harm, herm

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish harmber, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *harmaz. Cognate with English harm.

Noun

harm c

  1. angry indignation (at something considered unjust)
  2. (archaic) (physical or emotional) harm

Declension

References

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

Source: wiktionary.org