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Is loam a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word loam is a Scrabble US word. The word loam is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

L1O1A1M3

Is loam a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word loam is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

L1O1A1M3

Is loam a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word loam is a Words With Friends word. The word loam is worth 8 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

L2O1A1M4

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4-letter words (3 found)

LOAM,LOMA,MOLA,

3-letter words (6 found)

LAM,MAL,MOA,MOL,OLM,OMA,

2-letter words (7 found)

AL,AM,LA,LO,MA,MO,OM,

You can make 16 words from loam according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of loam

loam olam laom alom oalm aolm loma olma lmoa mloa omla mola lamo almo lmao mlao amlo malo oaml aoml omal moal amol maol

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

Definitions and meaning of loam

loam

Etymology

From Middle English lome, lame, lam, from Old English lām (“clay, mud, mire, earth”), from Proto-West Germanic *laim, from Proto-Germanic *laimaz, *laimô (“clay”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyH- (“to smear”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Leem (“loam”), West Frisian liem (“loam”), Dutch leem (“loam”), German Lehm (“loam”). Related also to lime.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ləʊm/
  • (US) IPA(key): /loʊm/, (dialectal) /lum/, /lʊm/
  • Rhymes: -əʊm, -uːm

Noun

loam (countable and uncountable, plural loams)

  1. (geology) A type of soil; an earthy mixture of sand, silt and clay, with organic matter to which its fertility is chiefly due.
  2. (metalworking) A mixture of sand, clay, and other materials, used in making moulds for large castings, often without a pattern.

Derived terms

  • loamy

Translations

Verb

loam (third-person singular simple present loams, present participle loaming, simple past and past participle loamed)

  1. To cover, smear, or fill with loam.

Derived terms

  • loamer

Translations

Adjective

loam (not comparable)

  1. Made of loam; consisting of loam.

References

Further reading

  • loam on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • AMLO, LMAO, Malo, lmao, loma, malo, mola

Galician

Verb

loam

  1. (reintegrationist norm) third-person plural present indicative of loar

Portuguese

Verb

loam

  1. third-person plural present indicative of loar

Source: wiktionary.org