HEM

What HEM Means

1. noun: the edge of a piece of cloth; especially the finished edge that has been doubled under and stitched down“the hem of her dress was stained”
2. noun: the utterance of a sound similar to clearing the throat; intended to get attention, express hesitancy, fill a pause, hide embarrassment, warn a friend, etc.
3. verb: fold over and sew together to provide with a hem“hem my skirt”
4. verb: utter ‘hem’ or ‘ahem’

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

HEM is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 8 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as H4 E1 M3.

Anagrams of HEM (1)

Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.

Words Made From The Letters In HEM

5 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

2 letter words (5)

Longer Words Containing HEM

HEM appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.

Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all, and the two and three letter lists. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.