MARM is valid in Collins, not in North America — 8 points
It depends on the list you play by. MARM 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 8 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept MARM?
| 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 | Valid |
Word power: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MARM 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 MARM
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MARM scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in MARM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 2 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 72,615.
What does MARM mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaic
Madam, in a respectful form of address.
Marm is what spelling does to the sound when it is said quickly, and it appears in writing to catch one particular voice: a servant, a soldier, a shop assistant of the period. The compound schoolmarm has outlived it and is now much the commoner word.
How MARM is used
Direct address only — yes, marm. Also written ma'am, which is standard.
- Yes, marm, the carriage is waiting.
- Every servant in the novel says marm at least once.
- He said marm and did not look up.
- A single marm in the dialogue fixes the century.
- The word marm survives chiefly inside schoolmarm.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MARM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MARM
Showing 24 of 41 words that begin with MARM.
Words ending in MARM
2 words end in MARM. Useful as a back hook: play MARM onto a word already on the board.
Words with MARM inside
11 words contain MARM in the middle. Words that start with MARM are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in MARM
Common questions about MARM
- Is MARM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MARM, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MARM worth?
- MARM is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MARM mean?
- Madam, in a respectful form of address.
- What letters can be added to MARM?
- MARM takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of MARM:
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