alarm: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 7 letter points · starts with A · ends with M
Meaning of alarm
noun
- countable
A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy.
- countable
Any sound or information intended to give notice of approaching danger; a warning sound to arouse attention; a warning of danger.
- countable
A device intended to warn or give notice of approaching danger.
Example: The fire alarm is located high on the wall to prevent tampering.
- countable
A sudden attack; a disturbance.
Listed forms: alarms, alarum.
Source: Wiktionary — alarm.
verb
- transitive
To call to arms for defense.
- transitive
To give (someone) notice of approaching danger or necessary action; to rouse to vigilance; to put on the alert.
Example: The sudden drop in temperature should alarm you into taking precautions.
- transitive
To produce a warning of approaching danger or necessary action; to emit a signal intended to rouse a recipient to vigilance or put them on the alert.
- transitive
To surprise with apprehension of danger; to fill with anxiety in regard to threatening evil; to excite with sudden fear.
Example: The loud bang in the hallway seemed to alarm everyone in the building.
Listed forms: alarms, alarming, alarmed, alarum.
Source: Wiktionary — alarm.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for alarm.
noun
fear resulting from the awareness of danger
noun
a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event
- warning device
- alarm system
noun
an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger
noun
a clock that wakes a sleeper at some preset time
- alarm clock
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is alarm in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of alarm
A(1) + L(1) + A(1) + R(1) + M(3) = 7 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of alarm
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from alarm
18 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in alarm. Showing up to 24, longest first.