/sæm/
adjective

Is SAM a Scrabble word?

Yes, in one Scrabble list. SAM is valid in Collins, but not in ENABLE and NWL2023. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends.

Not in NWL Collins Not in ENABLE

Meaning Half-heated.

Adjective 1 meaning

  1. Half-heated.

Definitions adapted from Wiktionary: sam via Kaikki/Wiktextract, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Where it comes from

Etymology

From Middle English sammen, samnen, from Old English samnian, ġesamnian (“to collect, assemble, bring together, gather, join, unite, compose, meet, glean”), from Proto-West Germanic *samnōn, from Proto-Germanic *samnōną (“to gather”), from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“one”).

SAM at a glance

SAM has 3 letters and scores 5 points in Scrabble (S 1 + A 1 + M 3) and 6 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,258 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in Collins (older SOWPODS edition).

Words ending in -SAM

More endings

Same last three letters as SAM. This is a spelling match, so not every word here rhymes.

  • ASSAM7
  • BALSAM10
  • FLOTSAM12
  • JETSAM15
  • CHEONGSAM17
  • OPOBALSAM15

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