ASWIM is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. ASWIM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ASWIM?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ASWIM is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ASWIM
No single letter turns ASWIM into another word.
How ASWIM scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ASWIM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 58,092.
What does ASWIM mean in Scrabble?
adjective
rareliterary
In a floating or swimming condition; awash or covered with liquid.
Aswim describes something afloat on or filled with liquid, as in eyes aswim with tears or a deck aswim with rainwater, and it can also describe an animal or person actively swimming. The word follows an old English pattern of forming adjectives with the prefix a-, seen also in asleep and afloat, which originally signaled a state or ongoing condition. Because it is rare in modern speech, aswim now appears mostly in literary or poetic writing rather than everyday conversation. Writers reach for aswim when they want a more vivid, slightly archaic alternative to plain phrases like floating or full of liquid.
How ASWIM is used
Rare, mainly literary adjective; used for a floating or flooded state rather than the act of swimming itself.
- Her eyes were aswim with tears by the end of the film.
- The flooded field lay aswim under the gray morning sky.
- The old boat's deck was left aswim after the storm.
- He described the harbor as aswim with fishing boats at dawn.
- The meadow looked aswim in the pale evening light after the rain.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ASWIM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ASWIM
The 5 tiles of ASWIM in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in ASWIM
Common questions about ASWIM
- Is ASWIM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ASWIM, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ASWIM worth?
- ASWIM is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ASWIM mean?
- In a floating or swimming condition; awash or covered with liquid.
- What letters can be added to ASWIM?
- No single letter can be added to ASWIM to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ASWIM:
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