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Is victim a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word victim is a Scrabble US word. The word victim is worth 13 points in Scrabble:

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Is victim a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word victim is a Scrabble UK word and has 13 points:

V4I1C3T1I1M3

Is victim a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word victim is a Words With Friends word. The word victim is worth 16 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

V5I1C4T1I1M4

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6-letter words (1 found)

VICTIM,

3-letter words (4 found)

CIT,MIC,TIC,VIM,

2-letter words (3 found)

IT,MI,TI,

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

Definitions and meaning of victim

victim

Etymology

From Middle French victime, from Latin victima (“sacrificial animal”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɪktɪm/
  • (weak vowel merger) IPA(key): /ˈvɪktəm/
  • Rhymes: (weak vowel merger) -ɪktəm
  • Hyphenation: vic‧tim

Noun

victim (plural victims)

  1. One that is harmed—killed, injured, subjected to oppression, deceived, or otherwise adversely affected—by someone or something, especially another person or event, force, or condition; in particular:
    the youngest victims of the brutal war
    victim of a bad decision by a rushed and overworked judge
    1. One who is harmed or killed by a crime or scam.
      victims of assault; the murderer's victims
      became another victim of the latest scam
    2. One who is harmed or killed by an accident or illness.
      a fundraiser for victims of AIDS; a victim of a car crash
    3. One who is harmed or killed as a result of other people's biases, emotions or incompetence, or their own.
      a victim of his own pride; a victim of her own incompetence
      the newcomer never managed to make friends, a victim of the town's deep distrust of outsiders
      a victim of sexism; victims of a racist system
    4. One who is harmed or killed as a result of a natural or man-made disaster or impersonal condition.
      relief efforts to help victims of the hurricane
      victim of an optical illusion; victim of a string of bad luck
      local businesses were the main victims of the economic downturn
      • 1970 March 12, United States House Committee on Education and Labor, Summary of Legislative Action of the House Education and Labor Committee for the 91st Congress (1st Session) / Educational Technology Act of 1969: Hearing, Ninety-first Congress, Second Session on H.R. 8838 ... March 12, 1970:
        To some extent the schools and colleges are victims of conditions beyond their control: rapid population growth and mobility, country; to-city migration, unpredictable economic and social changes wrought by technology, […]
  2. A living being which is slain and offered as a sacrifice, usually in a religious rite.
    1. (by extension, Christianity) The transfigured body and blood of Christ in the Eucharist.

Usage notes

Many people advise against describing a disabled person as being a victim of the condition that relates to their status as a disabled person and suggest describing a disabled person as having or experiencing that condition instead.

Synonyms

  • injured party

Antonyms

  • offender

Derived terms

Related terms

  • victimize, victimise
  • victimization, victimisation
  • victimism
  • victimist

Translations

References

  • “victim”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
  • victim in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
  • “victim”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Source: wiktionary.org