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Is perm a Scrabble word?

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

P3E1R1M3

Is perm a Scrabble UK word?

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

P3E1R1M3

Is perm a Words With Friends word?

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

P4E1R1M4

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4-letter words (2 found)

PERM,PREM,

3-letter words (5 found)

ERM,PER,PRE,REM,REP,

2-letter words (5 found)

EM,ER,ME,PE,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 13 words from perm according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of perm

perm eprm prem rpem erpm repm pemr epmr pmer mper empr mepr prme rpme pmre mpre rmpe mrpe ermp remp emrp merp rmep mrep

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

Definitions and meaning of perm

perm

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /pɝm/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pɜːm/
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)m

Etymology 1

Short for permanent.

Noun

perm (plural perms)

  1. Short for permanent wave (“hairstyle”).
Derived terms

Verb

perm (third-person singular simple present perms, present participle perming, simple past and past participle permed)

  1. To give hair a perm, using heat, chemicals etc.
Translations

Etymology 2

Short for permutation.

Noun

perm (plural perms)

  1. (informal) A permutation.
  2. A combination of outcomes (not a permutation) that a gambler bets on in the football pools.
Derived terms
  • T perm

Etymology 3

Short for permission.

Noun

perm (plural perms)

  1. (computing) Permission

Anagrams

  • Emp'r, Prem, prem

Chinese

Etymology

From clipping of English permanent.

Pronunciation

Noun

perm

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) permanent job position

Verb

perm

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) to switch to a permanent job position

References

  • English Loanwords in Hong Kong Cantonese

Czech

Noun

perm m inan

  1. Permian (geological period)

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

  • perm in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • perm in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Hungarian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpɛrm]
  • Hyphenation: perm
  • Rhymes: -ɛrm

Noun

perm (uncountable)

  1. (geology) Permian (the Permian period)

Declension

Derived terms

  • permi

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Short for pergament (“parchment”).

Noun

perm m (definite singular permen, indefinite plural permer, definite plural permene)

  1. either of the two covers of a book
  2. a folder or binder
Derived terms
  • ringperm

Etymology 2

Clipping of permisjon, originally only military slang, but has since found a wider use.

Noun

perm m (definite singular permen, indefinite plural permer, definite plural permene)

  1. (colloquial) Short for permisjon: a leave (Permission to be absent from one's work)
Derived terms
  • mammaperm
  • pappaperm
  • tjuvperm

Etymology 3

From the name of the Russian town of Perm.

Proper noun

perm m (indeclinable)

  1. (geology) the Permian period
  2. (geology) the Paleozoic Era

References

  • “perm” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Short for pergament (“parchment”).

Noun

perm m (definite singular permen, indefinite plural permar, definite plural permane)

  1. either of the two covers of a book
  2. a folder or binder
Derived terms
  • ringperm

Etymology 2

Clipping of permisjon, originally only military slang, but has since found a wider use.

Noun

perm m (definite singular permen, indefinite plural permar, definite plural permane)

  1. (colloquial) Clipping of permisjon: a leave (Permission to be absent from one's work)
Derived terms
  • mammaperm
  • pappaperm
  • tjuvperm

Etymology 3

From the name of the Russian town of Perm.

Proper noun

perm ?

  1. (geology) the Permian period
  2. (geology) the Paleozoic Era

References

  • “perm” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɛrm/
  • Rhymes: -ɛrm
  • Syllabification: perm

Noun

perm m inan

  1. (geology) Permian

Further reading

  • perm in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • perm in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Source: wiktionary.org