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Is heme a Scrabble word?

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

H4E1M3E1

Is heme a Scrabble UK word?

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

H4E1M3E1

Is heme a Words With Friends word?

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

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4-letter words (1 found)

HEME,

3-letter words (4 found)

EME,HEM,MEE,MEH,

2-letter words (6 found)

EE,EH,EM,HE,HM,ME,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

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

All 4 letters words made out of heme

heme ehme hmee mhee emhe mehe heem ehem heem ehem eehm eehm hmee mhee heme ehme mehe emhe emeh meeh eemh eemh meeh emeh

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

Definitions and meaning of heme

heme

Alternative forms

  • haem, haeme (UK)

Etymology

Back-formation from hemoglobin.

Pronunciation

  • (US, UK) IPA(key): /hiːm/
  • Rhymes: -iːm

Noun

heme (countable and uncountable, plural hemes)

  1. (biochemistry) The component of hemoglobin (and other hemoproteins) responsible for binding oxygen. It consists of an iron ion that binds oxygen and a porphyrin ring that binds the globin molecules; one molecule binds one molecule of oxygen.
    • 2008, John Greer, John Foerster, George Rodgers, Fixos Paraskevas, Bertil Glader, Daniel Arber, Robert Means Jr, Wintrobe's Clinical Hematology: Volume One: Twelfth Edition, page 141:
      The binding of oxygen to the iron molecule causes the hemoglobin molecule to undergo conformational changes that affect the binding of oxygen to other heme sites.

Derived terms

Related terms

  • hemoglobin

Translations

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Further reading

  • heme on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Ido

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈheme/

Adverb

heme

  1. at home

Middle English

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old English -hǣme, related to hām (“home; village, community”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

heme (plural heamen)

  1. inhabitant, villager
Descendants
  • English: heme

References

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

Etymology 2

From Old English ġehēme. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Adjective

heme

  1. fitting, suitable
Descendants
  • English: heme

References

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

Etymology 3

Noun

heme

  1. Alternative form of em

Etymology 4

Pronoun

heme

  1. Alternative form of hem (“them”)

Etymology 5

Noun

heme

  1. Alternative form of hem (“hem”)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²heːmə/

Adverb

heme

  1. (dialectal, nonstandard) alternative form of heime (“at home”)

Spanish

Etymology

From he (adverb) +‎ me (pronoun).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈeme/ [ˈe.me]
  • Rhymes: -eme
  • Syllabification: he‧me

Phrase

heme

  1. here I am

Verb

heme

  1. inflection of haber:
    1. second-person singular imperative combined with me
    2. second-person singular voseo imperative combined with me

Source: wiktionary.org