1. Home
  2. Scrabble Dictionary. Word Meaning and Points

Steam in Scrabble and Meaning

Lookup Word Points and Definitions

What does steam mean? Is steam a Scrabble word?

How many points in Scrabble is steam worth? steam how many points in Words With Friends? What does steam mean? Get all these answers on this page.

Scrabble® and Words with Friends® points for steam

See how to calculate how many points for steam.

Is steam a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word steam is a Scrabble US word. The word steam is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

S1T1E1A1M3

Is steam a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word steam is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

S1T1E1A1M3

Is steam a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word steam is a Words With Friends word. The word steam is worth 8 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

S1T1E1A1M4

Our tools

Valid words made from Steam

Jump to...

Results

5-letter words (6 found)

MATES,MEATS,SATEM,STEAM,TAMES,TEAMS,

4-letter words (27 found)

AMES,ATES,EAST,EATS,ETAS,MAES,MASE,MAST,MATE,MATS,MEAT,MESA,META,METS,SAME,SATE,SEAM,SEAT,SETA,STEM,TAES,TAME,TAMS,TASE,TEAM,TEAS,TEMS,

3-letter words (24 found)

AME,ATE,ATS,EAS,EAT,EMS,EST,ETA,MAE,MAS,MAT,MES,MET,SAE,SAM,SAT,SEA,SET,SMA,TAE,TAM,TAS,TEA,TES,

2-letter words (13 found)

AE,AM,AS,AT,EA,EM,ES,ET,MA,ME,ST,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 71 words from steam according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of steam

steam tseam setam estam tesam etsam staem tsaem satem astem tasem atsem seatm esatm saetm asetm eastm aestm teasm etasm taesm atesm eatsm aetsm stema tsema setma estma tesma etsma stmea tsmea smtea mstea tmsea mtsea semta esmta smeta mseta emsta mesta temsa etmsa tmesa mtesa emtsa metsa stame tsame satme astme tasme atsme stmae tsmae smtae mstae tmsae mtsae samte asmte smate msate amste maste tamse atmse tmase mtase amtse matse seamt esamt saemt asemt easmt aesmt semat esmat smeat mseat emsat mesat samet asmet smaet msaet amset maset eamst aemst emast meast amest maest teams etams taems atems eatms aetms temas etmas tmeas mteas emtas metas tames atmes tmaes mtaes amtes mates eamts aemts emats meats amets maets

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

Definitions and meaning of steam

steam

Etymology

From Middle English steem, stem, from Old English stēam (“steam, hot exhalation, hot breath; that which emits vapour; blood”), from Proto-Germanic *staumaz (“steam, vapour, breath”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“to whirl, waft, stink, shake; steam, haze, smoke”). Cognate with Scots stem, steam (“steam”), West Frisian steam (“steam, vapour”), Dutch stoom (“steam, vapour”), Low German stom (“steam”), Swedish dialectal stimma (“steam, fog”), Latin fūmus (“smoke, steam”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /stiːm/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /stim/
  • Rhymes: -iːm

Noun

steam (usually uncountable, plural steams)

  1. The vapor formed when water changes from the liquid phase to the gas phase.
  2. The suspended condensate (cloud) formed by water vapour when it encounters colder air
    1. mist, fog
    2. Exhaled breath into cold air below the dew point of the exhalation
  3. Pressurized water vapour used for heating, cooking, or to provide mechanical energy.
  4. The act of cooking by steaming.
  5. (figuratively) Internal energy for progress or motive power.
  6. (figuratively) Pent-up anger.
  7. A steam-powered vehicle.
  8. Travel by means of a steam-powered vehicle.
  9. (obsolete) Any exhalation.
  10. (fencing) Fencing without the use of any electric equipment.

Synonyms

  • (a steam-powered vehicle): steamer

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of "fencing"): electric

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

steam (third-person singular simple present steams, present participle steaming, simple past and past participle steamed)

  1. (transitive, cooking) To cook with steam.
  2. (intransitive, literal, figurative) To be cooked with steam.
  3. (transitive) To expose to the action of steam; to apply steam to for softening, dressing, or preparing.
  4. (transitive) To raise steam, e.g. in a steam locomotive.
  5. (intransitive) To produce or vent steam.
  6. (intransitive) To rise in vapour; to issue, or pass off, as vapour.
  7. (intransitive, figuratively) To become angry; to fume; to be incensed.
  8. (transitive, figuratively) To make angry.
  9. (transitive) To cover with condensed water vapor.
  10. (intransitive) To travel by means of steam power.
  11. (figuratively or literally) To move with great or excessive purposefulness.
  12. (obsolete) To exhale.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:cook

Derived terms

  • asteam
  • steamer
  • steaming
  • steam up

Translations

Adjective

steam (not comparable)

  1. Old-fashioned; from before the digital age.

Anagrams

  • AEMTs, MTase, Mesta, Satem, a-stem, mates, matse, matés, meats, metas, satem, stame, tames, teams

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *staumaz, compare also Dutch stoom.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /stæ͜ɑːm/

Noun

stēam m

  1. steam (water vapor)

Declension

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *staumaz.

Noun

steam c (no plural)

  1. steam
    Synonym: stoom

Further reading

  • “stoom”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Source: wiktionary.org