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Is perm a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word perm is a Scrabble US word. The word perm is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

P3E1R1M3

Is perm a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word perm is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

P3E1R1M3

Is perm a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word perm is a Words With Friends word. The word perm is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

P4E1R1M4

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4-letter words (2 found)

PERM,PREM,

3-letter words (5 found)

ERM,PER,PRE,REM,REP,

2-letter words (5 found)

EM,ER,ME,PE,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 13 words from perm according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of perm

perm

English

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /pɝm/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pɜːm/
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)m

Etymology 1

Short for permanent.

Noun

perm (plural perms)

  1. Short for permanent wave (“hairstyle”).
Derived terms

Verb

perm (third-person singular simple present perms, present participle perming, simple past and past participle permed)

  1. To give hair a perm, using heat, chemicals etc.
Translations

Etymology 2

Short for permutation.

Noun

perm (plural perms)

  1. (informal) A permutation.
  2. A combination of outcomes (not a permutation) that a gambler bets on in the football pools.
Derived terms
  • T perm

Etymology 3

Short for permission.

Noun

perm (plural perms)

  1. (computing) Permission

Anagrams

  • Emp'r, Prem, prem

Chinese

Etymology

From clipping of English permanent.

Pronunciation

Noun

perm

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) permanent job position

Verb

perm

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) to switch to a permanent job position

References

  • English Loanwords in Hong Kong Cantonese

Czech

Noun

perm m inan

  1. Permian (geological period)

Declension

Further reading

  • “perm”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “perm”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Hungarian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpɛrm]
  • Hyphenation: perm
  • Rhymes: -ɛrm

Noun

perm (uncountable)

  1. (geology) Permian (the Permian period)

Declension

Derived terms

  • permi

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Short for pergament (“parchment”).

Noun

perm m (definite singular permen, indefinite plural permer, definite plural permene)

  1. either of the two covers of a book
  2. a folder or binder
Derived terms
  • ringperm

Etymology 2

Clipping of permisjon, originally only military slang, but has since found a wider use.

Noun

perm m (definite singular permen, indefinite plural permer, definite plural permene)

  1. (colloquial) Short for permisjon: a leave (Permission to be absent from one's work)
Derived terms
  • mammaperm
  • pappaperm
  • tjuvperm

Etymology 3

From the name of the Russian town of Perm.

Proper noun

perm m (indeclinable)

  1. (geology) the Permian period
  2. (geology) the Paleozoic Era

References

  • “perm” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Short for pergament (“parchment”).

Noun

perm m (definite singular permen, indefinite plural permar, definite plural permane)

  1. either of the two covers of a book
  2. a folder or binder
Derived terms
  • ringperm

Etymology 2

Clipping of permisjon, originally only military slang, but has since found a wider use.

Noun

perm m (definite singular permen, indefinite plural permar, definite plural permane)

  1. (colloquial) Clipping of permisjon: a leave (Permission to be absent from one's work)
Derived terms
  • mammaperm
  • pappaperm
  • tjuvperm

Etymology 3

From the name of the Russian town of Perm.

Proper noun

perm ?

  1. (geology) the Permian period
  2. (geology) the Paleozoic Era

References

  • “perm” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛrm/
  • Rhymes: -ɛrm
  • Syllabification: perm

Noun

perm m inan

  1. (geology) Permian

Further reading

  • perm in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • perm in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Source: wiktionary.org