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Is yam a Scrabble word?
Yes. The word yam is a Scrabble US word. The word yam is worth 8 points in Scrabble:
Y4A1M3
Is yam a Scrabble UK word?
Yes. The word yam is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:
Y4A1M3
Is yam a Words With Friends word?
Yes. The word yam is a Words With Friends word. The word yam is worth 8 points in Words With Friends (WWF):
Y3A1M4
You can make 7 words from yam according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.
yam aym yma mya amy may
Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word yam. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in yam.
From Portuguese inhame and Spanish ñame, likely from Wolof ñàmbi (“cassava”) or a related word. The term was spelled yam as early as 1657.
yam (plural yams)
Careful use distinguishes yams (genus Dioscorea) from sweet potatoes (Ipomoea batatas), while casual American use conflates these.
Alternative form of hjem. Likely caused by influence from Old Norse heim (“home, homewards”), the accusative form of heimr (“abode, world, land”), from Proto-Germanic *haimaz. More at home.
yam (plural yams)
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Ultimately from Fula nyaamude (“to eat”) or a cognate Fula-Wolof term.
yam (third-person singular simple present yams, present participle yamming, simple past and past participle yammed)
Apparently a variation of jam (“dunk”, verb).
yam (third-person singular simple present yams, present participle yamming, simple past and past participle yammed)
yam
See yamçı.
yam (definite accusative yamı, plural yamlar)
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Ultimately from Proto-Chadic *ymn.
yam
Ultimately from Proto-Chadic *ymn.
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Borrowed from English yam.
yam m (plural yams or yammen, diminutive yammetje n)
yam
Ultimately from Proto-Chadic *ymn.
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yam
Ultimately from Proto-Chadic *ymn.
yam
Ultimately from Proto-Chadic *ymn.
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From Proto-Khasian *jaːm, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *jaam. Cognate with Khasi ïam, Blang jàm, Khmu [Cuang] jaːm, Mang ɲaːm¹, Mon ယာံ, Khmer យំ (yum).
yam
Ultimately from Proto-Chadic *ymn.
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From English yam.
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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *k-j(i/u)m.
yam
Ultimately from Proto-Chadic *ymn.
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