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Is mime a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word mime is a Scrabble US word. The word mime is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

M3I1M3E1

Is mime a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word mime is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

M3I1M3E1

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

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4-letter words (1 found)

MIME,

3-letter words (2 found)

MEM,MIM,

2-letter words (4 found)

EM,ME,MI,MM,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 8 words from mime according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of mime

mime imme mmie mmie imme mime miem imem meim emim iemm eimm mmei mmei memi emmi memi emmi imem miem iemm eimm meim emim

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

Definitions and meaning of mime

mime

Etymology

Possibly from Middle English *mime, from Old English mīma (“a buffoon, jester, mime”), from Latin mimus, from Ancient Greek μῖμος (mîmos, “imitator, actor”), but more likely re-borrowed in modern times from French mime (“mimic actor”), from the same source.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maɪm/
  • Rhymes: -aɪm

Noun

mime (countable and uncountable, plural mimes)

  1. A form of acting without words; pantomime.
  2. A pantomime actor.
  3. A classical theatrical entertainment in the form of farce.
  4. A performer of such a farce.
  5. A person who mimics others in a comical manner.
  6. Any of various papilionid butterflies of the genus Chilasa or Papilio, that mimic other species in appearance.
  7. A unit of imitation in the theory of symbiosism.

Related terms

  • pantomime

Translations

Verb

mime (third-person singular simple present mimes, present participle miming, simple past and past participle mimed)

  1. To mimic.
  2. (intransitive) To act without words.
  3. To represent an action or object through gesture, without the use of sound.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:imitate

Translations

See also

  • lip-synch

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mim/
  • Rhymes: -im

Etymology 1

From Latin mimus, from Ancient Greek μῖμος (mîmos).

Noun

mime m (plural mimes)

  1. pantomime actor, mime
  2. pantomime
Derived terms
  • mimer

Etymology 2

Verb

mime

  1. inflection of mimer:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

  • “mime”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

  • emmi

German

Pronunciation

Verb

mime

  1. inflection of mimen:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
    3. singular imperative

Japanese

Romanization

mime

  1. Rōmaji transcription of みめ

Latin

Noun

mīme

  1. vocative singular of mīmus

Portuguese

Verb

mime

  1. inflection of mimar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
  2. inflection of mimir:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Verb

mime

  1. inflection of mimar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
  2. inflection of mimir:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Source: wiktionary.org