BARM is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. BARM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BARM?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BARM is to know. It scores 8 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BARM
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BARM scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in BARM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 18,154.
What does BARM mean in Scrabble?
noun
dialect
The froth on fermenting malt liquor.
Barm is Germanic and has nothing to do with balm, which is Latin: the two differ by one letter and share no history at all. Northern England uses the word for a bread roll.
How BARM is used
Uncountable. Also in barm cake.
- Barm was skimmed off and used to start the next bread.
- The word barm is Germanic and balm is Latin.
- A barm cake is a northern bread roll.
- Barm and balm share one letter and no history.
- Brewers gave barm to bakers for centuries.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BARM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BARM
22 longer words begin with BARM.
Words with BARM inside
4 words contain BARM in the middle. Words that start with BARM are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BARM
Common questions about BARM
- Is BARM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BARM, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BARM worth?
- BARM is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BARM mean?
- The froth on fermenting malt liquor.
- What letters can be added to BARM?
- BARM takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of BARM:
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