harm: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 9 letter points · starts with H · ends with M
Meaning of harm
noun
- countable, uncountable
Physical injury; hurt; damage.
Example: No harm came to my possessions.
- countable, uncountable
Emotional or figurative hurt.
Example: Although not physically injured in the car accident, she received some psychological harm.
- countable, uncountable
Detriment; misfortune.
Example: I wish him no harm.
- countable, uncountable
That which causes injury, damage, or loss.
Listed forms: harms, harme.
Source: Wiktionary — harm.
verb
To damage, hurt, or injure something, usually an inanimate object.
Listed forms: harms, harming, harmed, harme.
Source: Wiktionary — harm.
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 harm.
noun
any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.; the condition of an injury
noun
the occurrence of a change for the worse
noun
the act of damaging something or someone
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is harm in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of harm
H(4) + A(1) + R(1) + M(3) = 9 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 harm
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from harm
10 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in harm. Showing up to 24, longest first.