erm
Not valid in Scrabble
It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
- Scrabble points
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- Words With Friends
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- 3
/ɜːm/
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/ɜːm/ · /ɝm/(US)
Definition of erm
6 senses · 4 parts of speech · etymology included
intj
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(UK, humorous)Used in hesitant speech, or to express uncertainty.
“She was going to, erm... the salon, I think.”
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intj
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(UK, humorous)Used in hesitant speech, or to express uncertainty.
“She was going to, erm... the salon, I think.”
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(UK, humorous)Used to express embarrassment or subtle disagreement.
“Erm, I don't think that was supposed to happen.”
“– Bob would never say something like that! – Erm, he just did.”
noun
- (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of enterprise relationship management.
- (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis)Ellipsis of ERM protein family.
adj
- (abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable)Abbreviation of ezrin-radixin-moesin.
name
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(European-Union, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of European Exchange Rate Mechanism.
“The ERM was an arrangement that pegged most European currencies’ exchange-rate movements within limited bands.”
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Etymology
Onomatopoeic.
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