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Is salaam a Scrabble word?

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

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Is salaam a Scrabble UK word?

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

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

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6-letter words (2 found)

MASALA,SALAAM,

5-letter words (4 found)

ALMAS,AMLAS,LAMAS,MALAS,

4-letter words (14 found)

AALS,ALAS,ALMA,ALMS,AMAS,AMLA,LAMA,LAMS,MAAS,MALA,MALS,MASA,SAMA,SLAM,

3-letter words (13 found)

AAL,AAS,ALA,ALS,AMA,LAM,LAS,MAA,MAL,MAS,SAL,SAM,SMA,

2-letter words (6 found)

AA,AL,AM,AS,LA,MA,

You can make 39 words from salaam according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of salaam

salaam

Alternative forms

  • salam

Etymology

From Arabic سَلَام (salām, “peace”). Doublet of shalom, a borrowing from Hebrew.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɑːm

Interjection

salaam

  1. A respectful ceremonial greeting used mostly in Islamic countries.

Related terms

  • salaam alaikum

Translations

Noun

salaam (plural salaams)

  1. A low bow as a ceremonial act of deference.
    • 1840, John Wilson, “On the Genius and Character of Burns” in John Wilson and Robert Chambers, The Land of Burns, Glasgow: Blackie & Son, Volume 2, p. lxxv,[2]
      Finally, Josiah might have made his salaam to the Exciseman just as he was folding up that letter […]
    • 1895, Rabindranath Tagore, letter dated 14 August, 1895 in Glimpses of Bengal, London: Macmillan, 1921, pp. 160-161,[3]
      My servant was late one morning, and I was greatly annoyed at his delay. He came up and stood before me with his usual salaam, and with a slight catch in his voice explained that his eight-year-old daughter had died last night.

Verb

salaam (third-person singular simple present salaams, present participle salaaming, simple past and past participle salaamed)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To perform a salaam to (someone).

Anagrams

  • Salama, masala

Swahili

Alternative forms

  • salamu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سَلَام (salām).

Pronunciation

Interjection

salaam

  1. hello

Source: wiktionary.org