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

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4-letter words (4 found)

EMOS,MOES,MOSE,SOME,

3-letter words (9 found)

EMO,EMS,MES,MOE,MOS,OES,OMS,OSE,SOM,

2-letter words (8 found)

EM,ES,ME,MO,OE,OM,OS,SO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

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

All 4 letters words made out of some

some osme smoe msoe omse mose soem osem seom esom oesm eosm smeo mseo semo esmo meso emso omes moes oems eoms meos emos

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Definitions and meaning of some

some

Alternative forms

  • som (obsolete)
  • som' (dialect)
  • sum (AAVE)

Etymology

From Middle English som, sum, from Old English sum (“some, a certain one”), from Proto-West Germanic *sum, from Proto-Germanic *sumaz (“some, a certain one”), from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“one, whole”). Cognate Scots sum, some (“some”), North Frisian som, sam, säm (“some”), West Frisian sommige, somlike (“some”), dialectal Dutch som, saom (“some”), standard Dutch sommige (“some”), Low German somige (“some”), German dialectal summige (“some”), Danish somme (“some”), Swedish somlig (“some”), Norwegian sum, som (“some”), Icelandic sumur (“some”), Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌼𐍃 (sums, “one, someone”). More at same.

Pronunciation

  • (UK)
    • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /sʌm/, [sɐm]
    • (Northern British English) IPA(key): /sʊm/
    • IPA(key): /səm/ (unstressed)
  • (US)
    • (General American) enPR: sŭm, IPA(key): /sʌm/, [sɐm]
  • (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /sɐm/, [säm]
  • Homophone: sum
  • Rhymes: -ʌm

Pronoun

some

  1. A certain number, at least two.
  2. An indefinite quantity.
  3. An indefinite amount, a part.

Synonyms

  • (an indefinite quantity): a few

Antonyms

  • many
  • much
  • none

Translations

Determiner

some

  1. A certain proportion of, at least two.
  2. An unspecified quantity or number of.
  3. An unspecified amount of (something uncountable).
  4. A certain, an unspecified or unknown.
  5. A considerable quantity or number of.
  6. Approximately, about (with a number).
  7. Emphasizing a number.
  9. (informal) A remarkable.

Synonyms

Antonyms

  • many
  • much
  • no

Derived terms

Translations

Adverb

some (not comparable)

  1. Of a measurement: approximately, roughly.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:approximately
  2. (dialect) To a certain extent, or for a certain period.

Translations

See also

  • Thesaurus:quantifier

Further reading

  • “some”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
  • “some”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “some”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
  • “some”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

Anagrams

  • 'omes, Meos, OEMs, emos, meso-

Finnish

Etymology

Contraction of sosiaalinen media (“social media”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsome/, [ˈs̠o̞me̞]
  • Rhymes: -ome
  • Syllabification(key): so‧me

Noun

some (informal or in compounds)

  1. social media

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “some”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Anagrams

  • meso

Galician

Verb

some

  1. third-person singular present indicative of sumir
  2. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of sumir:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Italian

Noun

some f

  1. plural of soma

Anagrams

  • Mosè, meso, meso-

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: so‧me

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

some

  1. inflection of somar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

some

  1. inflection of sumir:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

some (Cyrillic spelling соме)

  1. vocative singular of som

Source: wiktionary.org