SWIM is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. SWIM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SWIM?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SWIM is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SWIM
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SWIM scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in SWIM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 27,231.
What does SWIM mean in Scrabble?
verb
To move through water using the limbs.
Swim keeps an irregular past tense that most English verbs of its kind have lost, and children regularise it constantly before learning otherwise. The word is Old English.
How SWIM is used
Irregular past tense. Also a noun.
- They swim in the sea until October.
- The word swim keeps an irregular past tense.
- A swim before breakfast every day of the year.
- Children regularise swim before they learn otherwise.
- Swimming is the noun formed from it.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SWIM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SWIM
22 longer words begin with SWIM.
Words ending in SWIM
3 words end in SWIM. Useful as a back hook: play SWIM onto a word already on the board.
Words with SWIM inside
8 words contain SWIM in the middle. Words that start with SWIM are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SWIM
Common questions about SWIM
- Is SWIM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SWIM, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SWIM worth?
- SWIM is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SWIM mean?
- To move through water using the limbs.
- What letters can be added to SWIM?
- SWIM takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of SWIM:
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