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Is ream a Scrabble word?

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

R1E1A1M3

Is ream a Scrabble UK word?

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

R1E1A1M3

Is ream a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word ream is a Words With Friends word. The word ream is worth 7 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

R1E1A1M4

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4-letter words (2 found)

MARE,REAM,

3-letter words (10 found)

AME,ARE,ARM,EAR,ERA,ERM,MAE,MAR,RAM,REM,

2-letter words (9 found)

AE,AM,AR,EA,EM,ER,MA,ME,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 22 words from ream according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of ream

ream eram raem arem earm aerm rema erma rmea mrea emra mera rame arme rmae mrae amre mare eamr aemr emar mear amer maer

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Definitions and meaning of ream

ream

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɹiːm/
  • Homophone: rheme
  • Rhymes: -iːm

Etymology 1

From Middle English reme, rem, from Old English rēam (“cream”), from Proto-West Germanic *raum, from Proto-Germanic *raumaz (“cream”), from Proto-Indo-European *réwgʰmn̥ (“to sour [milk]”).

Cognate with Dutch room (“cream”), German Rahm (“cream”), Norwegian rømme (“sour cream”), Icelandic rjómi (“cream”). See also ramekin.

Alternative forms

  • reem, raim

Noun

ream

  1. (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Cream; also, the creamlike froth on ale or other liquor; froth or foam in general.

Verb

ream (third-person singular simple present reams, present participle reaming, simple past and past participle reamed)

  1. (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To cream; mantle; foam; froth.

Etymology 2

Etymology uncertain, possibly a variant of rime (etymology 4). Doublet of room.

Verb

ream (third-person singular simple present reams, present participle reaming, simple past and past participle reamed)

  1. (transitive) To enlarge (a hole), especially using a reamer; to bore (a hole) wider.
    Synonym: rime
  2. (transitive) To remove (material) by reaming.
  3. (transitive) To remove burrs and debris from inside (something, such as a freshly bored hole) using a tool.
    Synonym: rime
  4. To shape or form, especially using a reamer.
  5. (slang, vulgar, by extension from sense of enlarging a hole) To sexually penetrate in a rough and painful way.
  6. (slang) To yell at or berate.
    Synonym: ream out
Alternative forms
  • reem, rim
Synonyms
  • (to sexually penetrate): dig out, nail, root, tap; see also Thesaurus:copulate with
Derived terms
  • ream job
Translations

Etymology 3

From Middle English reme, from Old French raime, rayme (“ream”) (French rame), from Arabic رِزْمَة (rizma, “bundle”).

Alternative forms

  • reme (obsolete)

Noun

ream (plural reams)

  1. A bundle, package, or quantity of paper, nowadays usually containing 500 sheets.
    Coordinate terms: bale, bundle, quire
  2. (chiefly in the plural) An abstract large amount of something.
    Synonyms: bunch, load, pile; see also Thesaurus:lot
Derived terms
  • printer's ream
Translations

See also

  • Units of paper quantity on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

Anagrams

  • Amer., Arem, Erma, Maré, amer., mare, mear, rame, ramé

Friulian

Etymology

Probably from Latin regimen, regimine. Compare French royaume (Old French reaume, reiame), Occitan reialme, Romansh reginam.

Pronunciation

Noun

ream m (plural reams)

  1. kingdom

Related terms

  • re
  • regn
  • reâl

Latin

Noun

ream f

  1. accusative singular of rea

Middle English

Noun

ream

  1. Alternative form of rem

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *raum, from Proto-Germanic *raumaz.

Cognate with Middle Low German rōm, Middle Dutch room, Old High German roum (German Rahm), Old Norse rjúmi (Icelandic rjómi, Norwegian rømme).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ræ͜ɑːm/

Noun

rēam m

  1. cream

Descendants

  • English: ream

Scots

Etymology

Late Middle English, from Old English ream (“cream”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rim/

Noun

ream (uncountable)

  1. (food): cream
  2. (ointment): cream

Source: wiktionary.org