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Is poem a Scrabble word?

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

P3O1E1M3

Is poem a Scrabble UK word?

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

P3O1E1M3

Is poem a Words With Friends word?

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

P4O1E1M4

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4-letter words (3 found)

MOPE,POEM,POME,

3-letter words (5 found)

EMO,MOE,MOP,OPE,POM,

2-letter words (8 found)

EM,ME,MO,OE,OM,OP,PE,PO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 17 words from poem according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of poem

poem opem peom epom oepm eopm pome opme pmoe mpoe ompe mope pemo epmo pmeo mpeo empo mepo oemp eomp omep moep emop meop

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

Definitions and meaning of poem

poem

Alternative forms

  • poëm, poeme (rare or archaic)

Etymology

From Middle French poème, from Latin poēma, from Ancient Greek ποίημα (poíēma), from ποιέω (poiéō, I make). Displaced native Old English lēoþ.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpəʊ̯ɪm/, [ˈpʰəʊ̯ɪm]
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈpoʊ̯əm/, /poʊ̯m/, [ˈpʰo(ʊ̯)əm], [ˈpʰo(ʊ̯)m̩], [ˈpʰo(ʊ̯)m]
  • (India) IPA(key): /ˈpoʊ̯ɪm/, [ˈpo(ʊ̯)ɪm]
  • (Malaysia, Scotland) IPA(key): /pojəm/
  • (Ghana) IPA(key): /pɔɪ̯m/
  • Rhymes: -əʊəm, -əʊm

Noun

poem (plural poems)

  1. A literary piece written in verse.
  2. A piece of writing in the tradition of poetry, an instance of poetry.
  3. A piece of poetic writing, that is with an intensity or depth of expression or inspiration greater than is usual in prose.

Holonyms

  • poetry

Derived terms

Related terms

  • poet
  • poetic
  • poetics
  • poetry

Translations

Further reading

  • “poem”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “poem”, in The Century Dictionary [], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “poem”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

  • mope, pome

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French poème or German Poem.

Pronunciation

Noun

poem n (plural poeme)

  1. poem

Declension

Further reading

  • poem in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Scots

Etymology

From Middle French poème, from Latin poēma, from Ancient Greek ποίημα (poíēma), from ποιέω (poiéō, I make).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pom], [poəm]

Noun

poem (plural poems)

  1. poem
    • 1985, John J. Graham, "E Wir ain aald language. Writin ida Shetland dialect", in Manfred Görlach, Focus on Scotland, John Benjamins Publishing Company, page 193.

Swedish

Etymology

From Middle French poème, from Latin poēma, from Ancient Greek ποίημα (poíēma), from ποιέω (poiéō, I make).

Noun

poem n

  1. a (shorter) poem
    Synonym: (more common) dikt

Declension

Related terms

  • poesi
  • poet
  • poetisk

References

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

Vilamovian

Noun

poem n

  1. poem

Source: wiktionary.org