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Definition: SWAM |
SWAM1. Imp. of Swim. Imperative1. Of Swim |
Date "SWAM" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
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Swimming in general is the flotation of an object in a liquid due to its buoyancy or lift. In its more specific definition, swimming is the method by which humans (or other animals) move themselves through water. Swimming is a popular recreational activity, particularly in hot countries and in areas with natural watercourses. Swimming is also a competition sport. There are many health benefits of swimming, yet basic swimming skills and safety precautions are needed to participate in water activities.
The breaststroke.
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Swimming Purposes
Swimming and related waters ports are done for a number of purposes. Often, these purposes can overlap, and a recreational swimmer for example may also swim for health benefits.
Recreational
The most common reason for swimming is probably recreation, where the swimmer enters the water merely for enjoyment. Many swimming styles are suitable for recreational swimming. Most recreational swimmers prefer a style that keeps their head out of the water and uses an underwater arm recovery, for example Breaststroke, side stroke, or 'dog paddle'.
Swimming pools are popular venues for recreational swimming, as are beaches, lakes, swimming holes, creeks, rivers, and sometimes canals.
Competition
Competitive swimming is swimming with the goal to maximize performance, usually the speed of swimming. Competitive swimming became popular in the 19th century, and is an event at the Summer Olympic Games. There are four swimming disciplines regulated by the FINA, swum over different distances.
In addition to that there are a number of combination events in Competitive swimming.
- Freestyle places no restrictions on what action the competitors use, except during the freestyle portion of medley swimming. In practice, almost all freestyle events are swum using front crawl. Events are held at distances of 50m, 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m and 1500m.
- Butterfly events require that the swimmer's actions retain bilateral symmetry (the left side of the body has to do the same as the right).
- Breaststroke, from which the butterfly stroke evolved, places the additional restriction that the swimmer's hands must be pushed forward together from the breast and that the elbows must remain under the water. It is the slowest stroke, and events are held at distances of 50m, 100m, and 200m.
- Backstroke places no symmetry restrictions, but swimmers must lay on their back at all times except during turns to perform the stroke. Backstroke is performed, in essence, as an inversion of the crawl - competitors swing their arms back over their shoulder, alternately, and pull through under the water to provide motive power, with a flutter kick. Events are held at distances of 50m, 100m, and 200m.
Full rules are on the rules web page of FINA.
- Relay, where a number of swimmers swim sequentially. Events are held at distances of 4*50m freestyle (short 25 lane only), 4* 100m freestyle and 4*200m freestyle.
- Individual Medley, were one swimmer swims Butterfly, Backstroke, Breaststroke, and Freestyle in this order. Events are held at distances of 100m (short 25m lane only), 200m, and 400m.
- Medley Relay, were four swimmer swim Backstroke, Breaststroke, Butterfly, and Freestyle in this order. Events are held at distances of 4*50m medley (short 25 lane only) and 4* 100m medley.
Competitive swimming has traditionally been dominated by the United States, but recently that dominance has been challenged by Australia , where swimming is a hugely popular recreational activity, and participant and spectator sport. The success of Australian swimmers like Ian Thorpe and Kieren Perkins is reminiscent of Australia's previous golden age of swimming in the 1950s and 1960s, which saw the emergence of swimmers such as Shane Gould and Dawn Fraser.
There are also a number of other Competitive swimming performances, for example a long distance 5 kilometer open-water event, which became part of the Olympic program in 2000, or long distance swims across the English Channel, or circumnavigating Manhattan Island. The world record for the longest nonstop swim is held by Martin Strel for swimming 504km nonstop in 2001 in the Danube River. He also swam the Mississippi River in 2002 in 66+2days, a total of 3885km.
Swimming is also a crucial part of other sports, such as water polo, synchronized swimming and triathlon. (See List of water sports)
Rescue
Swimming is also used for rescue to avoid Drowning. Most of the time this will be self rescue, where a person involuntarily enters the water and swims to stay afloat or to reach safety.
In addition to self rescue, swimming is also used to rescue other swimmers in distress. There are a number of specialized swimming styles specially for the purpose of rescuing swimmers in distress (see List of swimming styles). Such techniques are studied for example by lifeguards, or members of the Coast Guard. The training of these techniques also evolved into competitions, as for example surf lifesaving.
Others
A number of people enter the water and swim as part of their work. For example, Abalone divers or pearl divers swim and dive to obtain an economic benefit, as do spear fishermen.
Swimming is also done to advance the sciences. Naturally, swimming is studied to improve the swimming performances of Competitive swimmers. But swimming and diving is also often used in Marine biology to observe plants and animals in their natural habitat. Other sciences may also use swimming. Konrad Lorenz for example swam with geese as part of his studies of animal behavior.
Often, swimming is used merely as a way to move between locations. Nowadays, bridges and ferries are used most of the time, but there are occasions where swimming is used to move between locations, for example for crossing rivers or accessing islands. Cargo may be carried on the swimmer or pulled, possibly on a flotation device, during the swim. Military troops use swimming to cross waters.
Swimming also has military purposes besides the mere need to cross waters. A swimmer in the water or under the water can be difficult to detect, especially at night. Military swimming is usually done by Special forces, as for example Navy SEALS. Swimming is used to approach a location, gather intelligence, sabotage, or combat, and to depart a location. This may also include airborne insertion into water or leaving a submerged Submarine through a hatch or the torpedo tubes. Special equipment and techniques are also used to engage hostiles in and under water.
Swimming is also done for health purposes, as for example rehabilitation after injuries.
Technique
The human body, being composed mostly of water, has nearly the same density as water. Thus, staying afloat requires only a slight propelling of water downward relative to the body, and transverse motion only a slight propelling of water in a direction opposite to the direction of motion, due to generally low hydrodynamic drag. This propelling is typically accomplished by cupping the hands and using them as paddles, and by kicking the legs to push water away from the body.
With practice, technique can convert a slow or average swimmer to at least a moderately fast swimmer. Since speed converts directly into distance, the same techniques that improve speed also aid one to move farther with the same effort.
The torso and the legs should be kept as much as possible parallel to the surface of the water. Drooped legs or a slanted torso dramatically increase drag.
Try to have a pointed hand above the head, pointed forward as much as possible. This increases the average length at the water-line, substantially increasing speed. This is an effect long used by boat designers, and unconsciously used by "naturally good swimmers."
Try to maximize the time spent on the side because the torso is smaller front-to-back than side-to-side on most swimmers. This reduces the frontal cross-section, reducing drag further, and also increasing the ratio between the bodies water-line-length and width. Similar improvements are possible by orienting the narrowest direction of head, hands, legs and arms into the water. The torso is by far the most critical.
The motion of the hand, arm, and leg from back to the front should be in the air as much as possible, and in the water, oriented as perfectly as possible, because the returning appendage has to move at least twice as fast as the swimmer, and in the water generates eight times the drag (drag increases with the cube of the speed) of an equal amount of torso frontal area.
The basic "catch" of the water is not nearly as critical as the above items. Most swimmers simply grab water with their hand flat, or the fingers slightly spread, and then draw it smoothly down their body.
Note that none of the above techniques require improved strength. With strength training, the hands and feet can be extended further into the water, gaining more propulsion. For improvers, increased strength brings only small improvements if the above strategies (minimise drag and lengthen water-line) are not optimal.
Clothing
The desire or cultural demand of modesty together with the awkwardness or unsuitability of conventional clothing in the water led to the development of the swimsuit (and in Victorian times, the bathing machine).
Nude swimming is done:
- at nudist areas
- during nudist hours in some swimming pools
- in Denmark, a customary practice
- at (usually small) swimming pools in saunas
- without being formally allowed, at quiet places and hours; also called skinny dipping
- at private swimming pools and beaches, not visible for outsiders
Swimming and health
Swimming is a good form of exercise. Because the density of the human body is approximately similar to water, the body is supported by the water and less stress is therefore placed on joints and bones. Furthermore, the resistance against movement depends heavily on the speed of the movement, allowing the fine tuning of the exercise according to ones ability. Therefore, swimming is frequently used as an exercise in rehabilitation after injuries or for the disabled.
Swimming exercises almost all muscles in the body. Usually, the arms and upper body are exercised more than the legs, as most forward motion is generated by the arms. In competitive swimming, excessive leg muscles can be seen as a disadvantage as they consume more oxygen, which would be needed for the muscles of the arms. However, this depends very much on the swimming style. While breaststroke generates significant movement with the legs, front crawl propels the body mainly with the arms.
Swimming is an aerobic exercise due to the relatively long exercise times, requiring a constant oxygen supply to the muscles, except for short sprints where the muscles work anaerobically. While aerobic exercises usually burn fat and help with loosing weight, this effect is limited in swimming for two reasons. First, water cools the body much faster than air, and therefore the body aims to maintain a layer of fat under the skin for insulation. Secondly, in exercise many calories are burnt due to the increased body temperature (see: Perspiration). However, during swimming the body is cooled down almost instantly as the surrounding water is usually cooler than the body temperature, reducing the number of calories burnt.
Swimming is considered a sport with a low risk of injury. Nevertheless there are some health risks with swimming. Most lethal risks in swimming are due to the inability to swim. It is recommended to swim in an area supervised by lifeguards and to paying attention to the water conditions. Possible health risks range from lethal to minor inconveniences. Below is a list of these risks, ranging from potentially lethal to minor temporary inconveniences.
- Drowning can cause injury or death.
- Drowning due to adverse water conditions which may force the body under water or force water into the body.
- Drowning due to negative buoyancy, for example due to being attached to items heavier than water, e.g. medieval armour or a concrete block around the feet, or being trapped in an item heavier than water, e.g. a sinking ship.
- Drowning due to outside influence, as for example being pushed under water by another person by accident or intentionally.
- Drowning can also be caused by the inability to swim due to exhaustion or unconsciousness or a combination thereof. Besides other health risks listed below this may be due to effects unrelated to swimming as for example heart attacks and other strokes.
- Risks due to the effect of water on the human body.
- Secondary drowning, where inhaled salt water in the lungs after a near drowning starts to create a foam in the lungs that restricts breathing.
- Thermal shock after jumping into water can cause the heart to stop.
- Spending time in the water can give a wrinkled skin on the fingers, palms of the hands, and the soles of the feet. This disappears quickly without any negative effect.
- Injuries may heal slower if submerged in water.
- Risks due to chemicals in the water.
- In chlorinated swimming pools the chlorine may burn in the eyes. This stops shortly after leaving the water. Other disinfection techniques using, for example, ozone can avoid this effect.
- Breathing small quantities of chlorine from the water surface during swimming repeatedly for long periods of time, as for example in the case of competitive swimmers, can face adverse effects on the lungs.
- Chlorine also has a negative cosmetic effect on hair after repeated long exposure.
- Risks due to bacteria, fungi and viruses in the water. Water is an excellent environment for many bacteria, which may affect humans. The risk and severity of infection vary with the water quality. A selection of more common infections related to swimming are:
- Swimming and showering can cause athlete's foot (boat bug). The easiest way to avoid this is drying the space between the toes after swimming.
- Swimming can cause ear infections in the ear canal (Otitis externa).
- Cases of Legionnaires' disease have been transmitted by improper sterilized showers after swimming. Good swimming facilities heat the shower water to 60 C once per week during closing time to disinfect the water system.
- There is no known case of transmission of AIDS through the water, nor is there a known case of pregnancy due to sperm transported through the water while swimming.
- Risks due to physical activity in the water specific to swimming.
- Competitive swimmers may have a health risk due to overuse. Butterfly swimmers for example may develop some back pain after long years of training, breaststroke swimmers may develop knee pain, and front crawl and backstroke swimmers may develop shoulder pain.
- Long term swimmers may occasionally get some abnormal growth in the ear canal due to the frequent water splashing of water in the ear canal.
- Shallow water blackout is a condition where holding the breath causes a sudden unconsciousness due to oxygen starvation.
- Exhaustion due to long swims or bad physical shape can cause drowning.
- Risks due to water and weather conditions.
- An outdoor swimmer can be hit by lightning during a thunderstorm. Lightning will usually hit the highest point available, as for example the head of a swimmer on a flat water surface.
- Strong winds can cause waves and can blow a swimmer away from land.
- Hypothermia due to cold water can cause rapid exhaustion and unconsciousness depending on the water temperature and the body conditions.
- Currents, including tides and rivers can cause exhaustion and can move a swimmer away from safety or pull swimmers under water.
- Due to the reflections in the water, the effect of the sun is more severe than on land, causing sunburn. Furthermore, swimming is usually done wile exposing most of the body to sunlight, especially some areas usually covered (around the rims of the bathing suit) or in the shade (the back of the knees). In the long term this may increase the risk of cancer and decrease the aesthetics of the skin.
- Risks due to other objects in the water.
- A collision with another swimmer or other object as for example the wall of a pool, rocks, and boats, especially the propellers thereof, may result in injuries. Severe injuries are possible after hitting an object while diving into the water. Injuries can also be caused by stepping on sharp objects, e.g. broken glass.
- Dangerous marine life can attack swimmers in self defense or for prey, often in combination with a poison.
- Marine life that sting, e.g. jellyfish and some corals.
- Marine life that pierce, e.g. sea urchins.
- Marine life that bites, e.g. sharks and other fish, snakes, or lobster and crabs.
History
Main article: History of swimmingSwimming has been known since prehistoric times. Drawings from the stone age were found in "the cave of swimmers" near Wadi Sora (or Sura) in the southwestern part of Egypt. Written references date back up to 2000 B.C, including Gilgamesh, the Iliad, the Odyssey, the Bible (Ezekiel 47:5, Acts 27:42, Isaiah 25:11), Beowulf, and other sagas. In 1538 Nicolas Wynman, German professor of languages, wrote the first swimming book "Colymbetes". Competitive swimming in Europe started around 1800, mostly using breaststroke. The front crawl, then called the trudgen was intruduced in 1873 by John Arthur Trudgen, copying it from native americans. Swimming was part of the first modern Olympic games in 1896 in Athens. In 1902 the trudgen was improved by Richard Cavill, using the flutter kick. In 1908, the world swimming association Federation Internationale de Natation de Amateur (FINA) was formed. Butterfly was first a variant of Breaststroke, until it was accepted as a separate style in 1952.
See also
- List of water sports
- List of swimming styles
- Sport
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DISCLAIMER
- Federation Internationale de la Natation competitive swimming's governing body.
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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Swimming."
Crosswords: SWAM |
| English words defined with "SWAM": farthest, furthest ♦ inshore ♦ nude ♦ school, shoal ♦ upstream. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "SWAM": BYRON ♦ Glasgow Arms ♦ Hero and Leander, HORATIUS ♦ JONAH. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "SWAM": Swamp. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | I swam the across the Niagra once (Band of Brothers; writing credit: Stephen Ambrose; Erik Jendresen) I swam across the river (Band of Brothers; writing credit: Stephen Ambrose; Erik Jendresen) | |
Lyrics | I swam across; I jumped across for you (Yellow; performing artist: Coldplay) | |
Tongue Twisters | The swan swam over the sea. Swim, swan, swim. The swan swam back again. Well swum, swan. (references; author: unknown) | |
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| "Killer Whale" by William J. Ray Commentary: "This guy swam right under our Zodiac whale-watching boat in the San Juan Straits of Vancouver." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Alice in Wonderland | Carroll, Lewis | Alice led the way, and the whole party swam to the shore |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | He swam under water to a ship at anchor to which a boat was fastened |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | For my own part, I swam as fortune directed me, and was pushed forward by wind and tide |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | But after an hour he seemed as fresh as ever, dived as willingly, and swam yet farther than at first |
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| "SWAM" is generally used as a lexical verb (past tense) -- approximately 99.06% of the time. "SWAM" is used about 426 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (past tense) | 99.06% | 422 | 13,494 |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 0.94% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Total | 100.00% | 426 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "SWAM" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Swam | Last name | 100 | 77,455 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "SWAM": half-swam. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
swam | 16 |
photo swam | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "SWAM"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 游泳 (SWIM, swimming, Swum). (various references) | |
French | nageai, nageâmes, nagea, nagèrent. (various references) | |
German | Schwamm (dry rot, eraser, fungus, mushroom, punk, sponge, tinder, Touchwood), geschwommen (swum). (various references) | |
Greek | αόρ. του swim. (various references) | |
Hungarian | szédül (swum, to feel dizzy, to feel faint, to feel giddy, to giddy, to swim, to turn giddy), zavaros lesz (swum, to swim), leúszik (swum, to swim), kusza lesz (swum, to swim), kóvályog (swum, to swim, traipse), káprázik (swum, to swim), fürdik (bathe, have a bath, have a swim, lave, swum, to go for a swim, to swim, to take a swim), úsztat (buoy, float, swum, to drift, to float, to swim), úszott (swum), úszkál (swim, swum, to bathe, to swim, to swim about), összefolyik (swum, to converge, to slur, to swim), átúszik (swim across, swim through, swum, to dissolve, to swim). (various references) | |
Korean | 수영했다. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | amsway.(various references) | |
Romanian | trecut de la swim. (various references) | |
Russian | от swim, плавать (float, navigate, sail, swim, swims, swum, voyage). (various references) | |
Spanish | pret de swim. (various references) | |
Swedish | simmade. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | 2 Kings Chapter 6, Verse 6 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai eipen o anqrwpoV tou qeou pou epesen kai edeixen autw ton topon kai apeknisen xulon kai erriyen ekei kai epepolasen to sidhrion |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Dixit autem homo Dei ubi cecidit at ille monstravit ei locum praecidit ergo lignum et misit illuc natavitque ferrum |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Forsothe the man of God seyde, Where felle it? And he schewyde to hym the place. Thanne he hewede of a tree, and putte thidir; and the yren swam. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he showed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither; and the iron did swim. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he showed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither; and the iron floated. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And the man of God said, Where did it go in? and when he saw the place where it had gone into the water, cutting a stick, he put it into the water, and the iron came up to the top of the water. |
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| Language | 2 Kings Chapter 6, Verse 6 |
| Cebuano | Ug ang tawo sa Dios miingon: Diin mahulog? Ug iyang gitudlo kaniya ang dapit. Ug miputol siya ug usa ka bugsok, ug gilabay didto, ug gipalutaw ang puthaw. |
| Croatian | A èovjek Božji upita ga: "Gdje je pala?" Onaj mu pokaza mjesto. Tada on odsijeèe komad drveta, baci ga na ono mjesto i uèini da sjekira ispliva. |
| Danish | Men den Guds Mand sagde: "Hvor faldt det?" Og da han havde vist ham Stedet, skar han en Gren af og kastede den derhen. Da kom Øksen op på Overfladen; |
| Dutch | En de man Gods zeide: Waar is het gevallen? En toen hij hem de plaats gewezen had, sneed hij een hout af, en wierp het daarhenen, en deed het ijzer boven zwemmen. |
| Finnish | Jumalan mies kysyi: "Mihin se kirposi?" Ja hän näytti hänelle paikan. Silloin hän veisti puukappaleen ja heitti sen siihen ja sai kirveen nousemaan pinnalle. |
| German | Aber der Mann Gottes sprach: Wo ist's entfallen? Und da er ihm den Ort zeigte, schnitt er ein Holz ab und stieß es dahin. Da schwamm das Eisen. |
| Haitian Creole | Elize mande l': --Kote rach la tonbe la a? Li moutre l' kote a. Elize kase yon moso bwa, li voye l' nan dlo a. Rach la moute anwo dlo a. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | "Di mana jatuhnya?" tanya Elisa. Orang itu menunjukkan tempatnya, lalu Elisa mengerat sepotong kayu dan melemparkannya ke tempat itu. Maka timbullah mata kapak itu ke permukaan air. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka kata aziz Allah: Di mana jatuh itu? Maka ditunjuknyalah tempatnya kepadanya, lalu dikeratnya sepotong kayu, dicampakkannya ke sana, demikianlah ditimbulkannya pula besi itu. |
| Maori | Na ka mea te tangata a te Atua, Tena koa te wahi i marere ai? A ka whakaaturia e ia ki a ia te wahi. Na tapahia ana e ia tetahi rakau, a maka ana ki reira, na kua manu taua rino. |
| Norwegian | Da sa den Guds mann: Hvor falt den? Han viste ham stedet; da hugg han av et stykke tre og kastet det dit ned og fikk øksen til å flyte op. |
| Portuguese | Perguntou o homem de Deus: Onde caiu? E ele lhe mostrou o lugar. Então Eliseu cortou um pau, e o lançou ali, e fez flutuar o ferro. |
| Rumanian | Omul lui Dumnezeu a zis: ,,Unde a cqzut?`` Wi i -a arqtat locul. Atunci Elisei a tqiat o bucatq de lemn, a aruncat -o kn locul acela, wi ferul dela secure a plutit pe apq. |
| Swedish | Gudsmannen frågade: "Var föll den i?" Och han visade honom stället. Då högg han av ett stycke trä och kastade det i där och fick så järnet att flyta upp. |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "SWAM": swami, swamies, swamis, swamp, swamped, swamper, swampers, swampier, swampiest, swampiness, swampinesses, swamping, swampish, swampland, swamplands, swamps, swampy, swamy. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "SWAM": outswam. (additional references) | |
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"SWAM" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aswim, Dwam, Eswa, samf, Samm, sawm, sbam, sewan, skam, smaw, spamm, sqan, suam, swak, swame, swamk, swamy, swao, swav, swax, swaz, swean, sweem, swek, swem, swen, swik, swiv, swoom, Swraj, wam. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "SWAM" (pronounced swa"m) |
| 3 | -w a" m | wham. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: maws. | |
| Words within the letters "a-m-s-w" | |
-1 letter: mas, maw, saw, was. | |
-2 letters: am, as, aw, ma. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-m-s-w" | |
+1 letter: shawm, swami, swamp, swamy, swarm, wames, wamus, warms, whams. | |
+2 letters: aswarm, awmous, macaws, miaows, shawms, swamis, swamps, swampy, swarms, wammus, wampus, womans. | |
+3 letters: awesome, beswarm, cumshaw, haymows, impawns, mallows, manwise, marrows, mawkish, meadows, midways, misdraw, newsman, outswam, rewarms, sawmill, semiraw, showman, snowman, someway, swagman, swagmen, swamies, swamped, swamper, swarmed, swarmer, twasome, wadmals, wadmels, wadmols, wagsome, wambles, wampish, wampums, wamuses, warmers, warmest, warmish, warmths, warmups, wigwams, wombats, womeras. | |
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