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Is wem a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word wem is a Scrabble US word. The word wem is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

W4E1M3

Is wem a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word wem is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

W4E1M3

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3-letter words (2 found)

MEW,WEM,

2-letter words (4 found)

EM,EW,ME,WE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 7 words from wem according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 3 letters words made out of wem

wem ewm wme mwe emw mew

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

Definitions and meaning of wem

wem

Alternative forms

  • weam, weem, wame, wan (Scotland)

Etymology

From Middle English wem, wemme, from Old English wamm (“stain, spot, scar, disgrace, defect, defilement, sin, evil, crime, injury, loss, hurt, misfortune”), from Proto-Germanic *wammaz (“stain, spot”), from Proto-Indo-European *wemh₁- (“to spew, vomit”). Cognate with Icelandic vamm (“loss, damage”), Latin vomō (“vomit”, verb) (whence English vomit), Ancient Greek ἐμέω (eméō, “I spew”) (English emesis), Lithuanian vemti (“to vomit”), Sanskrit वमति (vamati, “to vomit”). The sense development would be "vomit" > "stain", "fault".

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wɛm/
  • Rhymes: -ɛm

Noun

wem (plural wems)

  1. (UK dialectal) A spot, stain, or mark; (by extension) a (moral) blemish or fault.
    • 1822, sir Walter Scott (bart [novels, collected]), Historical romances of the author of Waverley, page 513:
      "It is even so," he added, as he gazed on the Sub-Prior with astonishment; "neither wem nor wound — not so much as a rent in his frock!"

Derived terms

  • wemless
  • wemmy

Anagrams

  • MWE, Mew, mew

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /veːm/

Pronoun

wem

  1. (interrogative) dative of wer, (to) whom (indirect object).

Further reading

  • “wem” in Duden online
  • “wem” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Source: wiktionary.org