ARM is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. ARM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ARM?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ARM is to know. It scores 5 from 3 tiles, takes 7 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ARM
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ARM scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in ARM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,497.
What stands out about ARM
- The same 3 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ARM mean in Scrabble?
noun
The upper limb of the body.
The limb and the word meaning weapons are two different words that fell together: one is English and the other came from Latin through French. The verb to arm belongs to the second, which is why arming somebody has nothing to do with limbs.
How ARM is used
Countable: an arm, two arms. Also a verb about weapons.
- He broke his arm falling off a wall he had climbed twice.
- They armed the militia and regretted it within a year.
- An arm of the sea reaches four miles inland.
- The arm of a chair takes more wear than the seat.
- Two entirely separate words are spelled arm.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ARM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ARM
The 3 tiles of ARM in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with ARM
Showing 24 of 107 words that begin with ARM.
Words ending in ARM
Showing 24 of 47 words that end in ARM. Useful as a back hook: play ARM onto a word already on the board.
Words with ARM inside
Showing 24 of 622 words that contain ARM somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ARM are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ARM
Common questions about ARM
- Is ARM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ARM, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ARM worth?
- ARM is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ARM mean?
- The upper limb of the body.
- What letters can be added to ARM?
- ARM takes 7 hooks: 5 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of ARM:
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