What does SWIM mean?

Pronunciation
/swɪm/
Letters
4
Scrabble score
9
Words With Friends score
10
How common
Common

Meaning

verb

  1. travel through water“We had to swim for 20 minutes to reach the shore”
  2. be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom
  3. be dizzy or giddy“my brain is swimming after the bottle of champagne”
  4. be covered with or submerged in a liquid“the meat was swimming in a fatty gravy”
  5. move as if gliding through water“this snake swims through the soil where it lives”

noun

  1. the act of swimming“it was the swimming they enjoyed most”

Definitions from Princeton WordNet 3.0.

Other forms

swam9swum9swims10

Anagrams of SWIM

No other word in the ENABLE list uses exactly these letters.

Words inside SWIM

7 shorter words can be made from these letters. Here are the most useful.

ism5mis5sim5wis6is2mi4 si2

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Questions

Is SWIM a valid word in word games?

SWIM is in the ENABLE word list, which many word games use, so it is very likely to be accepted. Check your game's own dictionary if a play is challenged.

How many points is SWIM worth?

SWIM is worth 9 points with Scrabble letter values and 10 with Words With Friends values, before any bonus squares.

What words can you make from SWIM?

7 other words, including IS, MI, SI and SIM.