TEEM is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. TEEM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TEEM?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TEEM is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 8.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TEEM
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TEEM scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in TEEM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,951.
What stands out about TEEM
- The same 4 tiles also spell 3 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 TEEM mean in Scrabble?
verb
To be full of or crowded with something, especially in large numbers.
To teem is to swarm or abound, used most often of places crowded with living things, such as a river said to teem with fish or a market said to teem with shoppers. The verb emphasizes abundance and constant movement rather than simply being present.
How TEEM is used
Common in descriptive and literary writing about crowded places.
- The pond seemed to teem with tadpoles every spring.
- Market streets teem with vendors during the festival.
- Divers say the reef continues to teem with brightly colored fish.
- Careless reports teem with errors when nobody proofreads them.
- By autumn the old barn seemed to teem with mice.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TEEM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TEEM
The 4 tiles of TEEM in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with TEEM
10 longer words begin with TEEM.
Words ending in TEEM
6 words end in TEEM. Useful as a back hook: play TEEM onto a word already on the board.
Words with TEEM inside
22 words contain TEEM in the middle. Words that start with TEEM are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in TEEM
Common questions about TEEM
- Is TEEM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TEEM, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TEEM worth?
- TEEM is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TEEM mean?
- To be full of or crowded with something, especially in large numbers.
- What letters can be added to TEEM?
- TEEM takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of TEEM:
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