SWARM is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. SWARM 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 SWARM?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SWARM is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SWARM
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SWARM scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SWARM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 87,138.
What stands out about SWARM
- The same 5 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 SWARM mean in Scrabble?
noun
A large group of insects, especially bees, moving or clustered together in one place.
Beekeepers watch for a swarm in late spring, when a hive grows crowded and a queen leaves with a large group of worker bees to found a new colony. The same word extended naturally to any dense, moving crowd, so writers now describe a swarm of tourists, reporters, or shoppers just as easily as a swarm of insects. Seismologists borrowed the term too, calling a cluster of small earthquakes near a volcano an earthquake swarm. Astronomers likewise speak of a meteor swarm when many small objects travel together through space.
How SWARM is used
Used literally for insects and figuratively for any dense, moving crowd of people or things.
- A swarm of bees settled on the branch outside the kitchen window.
- Reporters formed a swarm around the athlete after the match.
- The beekeeper carefully collected the swarm into an empty hive.
- A swarm of locusts stripped the field bare within hours.
- Scientists tracked a swarm of small earthquakes near the volcano.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SWARM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SWARM
The 5 tiles of SWARM in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with SWARM
6 longer words begin with SWARM.
Words ending in SWARM
4 words end in SWARM. Useful as a back hook: play SWARM onto a word already on the board.
Words with SWARM inside
7 words contain SWARM in the middle. Words that start with SWARM are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SWARM
Common questions about SWARM
- Is SWARM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SWARM, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SWARM worth?
- SWARM is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SWARM mean?
- A large group of insects, especially bees, moving or clustered together in one place.
- What letters can be added to SWARM?
- SWARM takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SWARM:
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