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Is swarm a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word swarm is a Scrabble US word. The word swarm is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Is swarm a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word swarm is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

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Yes. The word swarm is a Words With Friends word. The word swarm is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (3 found)

MAWRS,SWARM,WARMS,

4-letter words (10 found)

ARMS,MARS,MAWR,MAWS,RAMS,RAWS,SWAM,WARM,WARS,WASM,

3-letter words (14 found)

ARM,ARS,MAR,MAS,MAW,RAM,RAS,RAW,SAM,SAR,SAW,SMA,WAR,WAS,

2-letter words (5 found)

AM,AR,AS,AW,MA,

You can make 32 words from swarm according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of swarm

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Definitions and meaning of swarm

swarm

Etymology

From Middle English swarm, from Old English swearm (“swarm, multitude”), from Proto-West Germanic *swarm, from Proto-Germanic *swarmaz (“swarm, dizziness”), from Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“to buzz, hum”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Swoorm (“swarm”), Dutch zwerm, German Schwarm, Danish sværm, Swedish svärm, Icelandic svarmur (“tumult, swarm”), Latin susurrus (“whispering, humming”), Lithuanian surma (“a pipe”), Russian свире́ль (svirélʹ, “a pipe, reed”).

The verb is from Middle English swarmen, swermen, from Old English swierman (“to swarm”), from Proto-West Germanic *swarmijan, from Proto-Germanic *swarmijaną (“to swarm”), from the noun. Cognate with Scots swairm, swerm (“to swarm”), Dutch zwermen, German schwärmen, Danish sværme, Swedish svärma.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /swɔɹm/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /swɔːm/
  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)m

Noun

swarm (plural swarms)

  1. A large number of insects, especially when in motion or (for bees) migrating to a new colony.
  2. A mass of people, animals or things in motion or turmoil.
    a swarm of meteorites
  3. (computing) A group of nodes sharing the same torrent in a BitTorrent network.

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Verb

swarm (third-person singular simple present swarms, present participle swarming, simple past and past participle swarmed)

  1. (intransitive) To move as a swarm.
  2. (intransitive) To teem, or be overrun with insects, people, etc.
  3. (transitive) To fill a place as a swarm.
  4. (transitive) To overwhelm as by an opposing army.
  5. To climb by gripping with arms and legs alternately.
  6. To breed multitudes.

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See also

  • Appendix:English collective nouns

Anagrams

  • warms

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • swrame, swarme

Etymology

From Old English swearm, from Proto-Germanic *swarmaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /swarm/, /swɛrm/

Noun

swarm (plural swarmes)

  1. A swarm (large, moving group of bees)
  2. (rare) A large group of people.

Derived terms

  • swarmen

Descendants

  • English: swarm
  • Scots: swairm

References

  • “swarm, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-24.

Source: wiktionary.org