um
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Is um a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of um?
Definition
intj (English)
1. (chiefly US) Dated spelling of mmm.Examples: ""About the same, wherever you go," he agreed. "Um," I said."US
2. (childish) An expression of shocked disapproval used by a child who witnesses forbidden behavior.Examples: "While I was in her room, Sam walked by and said, “Um, I'm telling!” “You're telling what?” I asked. “You're reading Tori's journal,” she said."; "Mair used to look after Laura. If anyone threatened to tease her, Mair would stand up straight, point her finger at the enemy and shout, 'Um! I'm telling on you!'"childish
verb (English)
1. (intransitive) To make the um sound to express uncertainty or hesitancy.Examples: "Meanwhile, in the popular mind umming was simply a bad habit, akin to spitting or picking one’s nose."intransitive
particle (English)
1. (dated, sometimes humorous, often offensive) An undifferentiated determiner or article; a miscellaneous linking word, or filler with nonspecific meaning; representation of broken English stereotypically or comically attributed to Native Americans.Examples: "Me be Injun. Him um Growling Bear. Him um heap big chief."; "“me heap brave—me talk to um white man so[…] me good injun, like um white man, mebbe so, ugh!”"datedhumorousoffensiveoftensometimes
noun (English)
1. (philately) Initialism of unmounted mint.abbreviationalt-ofinitialism
This word may be considered offensive or sensitive in some contexts.
Definition source: Wiktionary