Charm
/tʃɑːm/
Scrabble:12 ptsWWF:13 pts5 letters
Definition of Charm
noun
- An object, act or words believed to have magic power (usually carries a positive connotation).
"It works like a charm."
- The ability to persuade, delight or arouse admiration; often constructed in the plural.
"He had great personal charm."
- A small trinket on a bracelet or chain, etc., traditionally supposed to confer luck upon the wearer.
"She wears a charm bracelet on her wrist."
- A quantum number of hadrons determined by the number of charm quarks and antiquarks.
- A second-order measure of derivative price sensitivity, expressed as the instantaneous rate of change of delta with respect to time.
verb
- To seduce, persuade or fascinate someone or something.
"He charmed her with his dashing tales of his days as a sailor."
- To use a magical charm upon; to subdue, control, or summon by incantation or supernatural influence.
"After winning three games while wearing the chain, Dan began to think it had been charmed."
- To protect with, or make invulnerable by, spells, charms, or supernatural influences.
"She led a charmed life."
- To make music upon.
- To subdue or overcome by some secret power, or by that which gives pleasure; to allay; to soothe.
Anagrams of Charm
Related Word Patterns
Synonyms & Antonyms
Letter Values
c3
h4
a1
r1
m3
Total: 12 Scrabble points
Rhymes With Charm
Word Validity & Sources
SOWPODS (International Scrabble): Valid
TWL (US/Canada Scrabble): Valid
Words With Friends: Valid
Last verified: December 2024
Dictionary data sourced from SOWPODS (178,691 words), combining TWL (Tournament Word List) and the Collins Scrabble Words dictionary. Definitions from Free Dictionary API and Wordnik.
About the Word "Charm"
Charm is a 5-letter word that scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words With Friends. The letters in "charm" can be rearranged to form 1 other valid word.
Using "Charm" in Word Games
When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "charm" is a medium-scoring word.