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

Swim in Scrabble and Meaning

Lookup Word Points and Definitions

What does swim mean? Is swim a Scrabble word?

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

Scrabble® and Words with Friends® points for swim

See how to calculate how many points for swim.

Is swim a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word swim is a Scrabble US word. The word swim is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

S1W4I1M3

Is swim a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word swim is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

S1W4I1M3

Is swim a Words With Friends word?

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

S1W4I1M4

Our tools

Valid words made from Swim

Jump to...

Results

4-letter words (1 found)

SWIM,

3-letter words (4 found)

ISM,MIS,SIM,WIS,

2-letter words (3 found)

IS,MI,SI,

You can make 8 words from swim according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of swim

swim wsim siwm iswm wism iwsm swmi wsmi smwi mswi wmsi mwsi simw ismw smiw msiw imsw misw wims iwms wmis mwis imws miws

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

Definitions and meaning of swim

swim

Etymology 1

From Middle English swymmen, from Old English swimman (“to swim, float”) (class III strong verb; past tense swamm, past participle geswummen), from Proto-West Germanic *swimman, from Proto-Germanic *swimmaną (“to swoon, lose consciousness, swim”), from Proto-Indo-European *swem(bʰ)- (“to be unsteady, move, swim”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA(key): /swɪm/
  • Rhymes: -ɪm

Verb

swim (third-person singular simple present swims, present participle swimming, simple past swam or (archaic) swum, past participle swum)

  1. (intransitive) To move through the water, without touching the bottom; to propel oneself in water by natural means.
  2. (intransitive) To become immersed in, or as if in, or flooded with, or as if with, a liquid
  3. (intransitive) To move around freely because of excess space.
  4. (transitive) To traverse (a specific body of water, or a specific distance) by swimming; or, to use a specific swimming stroke; or, to compete in a specific swimming event.
  5. (transitive, uncommon) To cause to swim.
  6. (intransitive, archaic) To float.
  7. (intransitive) To be overflowed or drenched.
  8. (transitive) To immerse in water to make the lighter parts float.
  9. (transitive, historical) To test (a suspected witch) by throwing into a river; those who floated rather than sinking were deemed to be witches.
  10. (intransitive) To glide along with a waving motion.
Usage notes
  • In Late Middle English and Early Modern English, the present participle form swimmand still sometimes occurred in Midlands and Northern dialects, for exampleː
    • The water to norish the fysh swymand. (14th c., The Creation in The Towneley plays, l. 55)
    • Their young child Troiane, as swift as dolphin fish, swimmand away. (1513, Gavin Douglas, Virgil's Aeneid)
Conjugation
Derived terms
Translations

Noun

swim (plural swims)

  1. An act or instance of swimming.
  2. The sound, or air bladder, of a fish.
  3. (UK) A part of a stream much frequented by fish.
  4. A dance or dance move of the 1960s in which the arms are moved in imitation of various swimming strokes, such as freestyle, breaststroke, etc.
  5. (figurative) The flow of events; being in the swim of things.
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English swime, sweme, swaime (“a dizziness, swoon, trance”), from Old English swīma (“a swoon, swimming in the head”). Cognate with Swedish svimma (“to swoon, faint”) and Danish svime (“to swoon, faint”) / Danish besvime (“to swoon, faint”).

Noun

swim (plural swims)

  1. A dizziness; swoon.

Verb

swim (third-person singular simple present swims, present participle swimming, simple past swam or (archaic) swum, past participle swum)

  1. (intransitive) To be dizzy or vertiginous; have a giddy sensation; to have, or appear to have, a whirling motion.

Etymology 3

Abbreviation of someone who isn't me.

Noun

swim (plural not attested)

  1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of someone who isn't me. used as a way to avoid self-designation or self-incrimination, especially in online drug forums

See also

  • swim on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • friend of mine

References

  • “swim”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Source: wiktionary.org