ERM is valid in Collins, not in North America — 5 points
It depends on the list you play by. ERM is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 5 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept ERM?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 53 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ERM is to know. It scores 5 from 3 tiles, takes 7 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ERM
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How ERM scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in ERM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,123.
What stands out about ERM
- 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 ERM mean in Scrabble?
interjection
British
The British spelling of a mid-sentence pause, printed where American writing would use um and barely voicing its r.
Erm is how British writers spell a pause, and Americans write um in the same place. The difference is about the letter r rather than the noise itself, since it is not pronounced in southern British speech at all.
How ERM is used
Stands alone. Chiefly written; American English prefers um.
- Erm, that is not quite what the report says.
- The word erm is the British spelling of a pause.
- He said erm four times in one sentence.
- A transcript full of erm is an honest transcript.
- Americans write um where the British write erm.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ERM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ERM
The 3 tiles of ERM in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with ERM
5 longer words begin with ERM.
Words ending in ERM
Showing 24 of 59 words that end in ERM. Useful as a back hook: play ERM onto a word already on the board.
Words with ERM inside
Showing 24 of 1837 words that contain ERM somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ERM are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ERM
Common questions about ERM
- Is ERM valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and ERM is not in it.
- How many points is ERM worth?
- ERM is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ERM mean?
- The British spelling of a mid-sentence pause, printed where American writing would use um and barely voicing its r.
- What letters can be added to ERM?
- ERM takes 7 hooks: 7 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of ERM:
Open ERM in the Word Finder