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Is OM a valid word?

O1
M3

Yes. OM is a valid word.

OM is valid in the North American word list used for the Scrabble board game and other crossword tile games.

OM is in the NASPA Word List 2023 (NWL2023), the North American list that Tileside uses for challenges and the one used in club and tournament play.

Meaning

A mantra used in contemplation of ultimate reality.

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About OM

OM is the sacred syllable chanted at the start and end of prayers and meditation in Hinduism and Buddhism. It hooks into OMS, and with a letter in front into MOM, NOM and TOM.

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OM scores 4 points

Before any bonus squares: O 1 + M 3 = 4. On a double-word square that's 8, on a triple-word 12, and every letter bonus under one of these tiles is applied first.

O1
M3

Example: OM as the first play

OM through the ★: O 1 + M 3 = 4, and the ★ doubles the first word: 8 points. New tiles are outlined.

Later in the game, put the M on a 3L square and OM is worth 10 before any word bonus.

Hooks: one tile makes a new word

In front of OM (9):

  • DOM
  • HOM
  • MOMinformal terms for a mother
  • NOM
  • POMa disparaging term for a British person
  • ROM
  • SOMthe basic unit of money in Uzbekistan
  • TOMmale cat
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After OM (2):

Place that one tile so it also forms a word in the other direction and both words score.

Longer words from OM

Other forms of OM (1):

Words that start with OM:

  • OMAS
  • OMENa sign of something about to happen
  • OMER
  • OMITprevent from being included or considered or accepted
  • OMASAform of OMASUM: the third compartment of the stomach of a ruminant
  • OMBER
  • OMBRE
  • OMEGAthe ending of a series or sequence
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  • OMENSform of OMEN: a sign of something about to happen
  • OMERS
  • OMITSform of OMIT: prevent from being included or considered or accepted
  • OMASUMthe third compartment of the stomach of a ruminant

Change one tile

Swap any one letter of OM and these are still words:

  • AMa form of BE, as in “I am”
  • EMa typographic unit
  • HMhmm, used to show you're thinking
  • MMused to express assent or satisfaction
  • UMto hesitate or pause in speaking
  • ODa hypothetical force of natural power
  • OEa whirlwind off the Faroe Islands
  • OFcoming from
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  • OHto exclaim in surprise, pain, or desire
  • OIused to express dismay or pain, or to call out
  • OKokay; all right
  • ONon top of or touching; also, the leg side in cricket

Same letters, other words

These use exactly the letters of OM:

  • MOa moment
Add one tile: words from these letters plus one more

OM + A

  • MOAextinct flightless bird of New Zealand
  • OMA

OM + B

  • MOBa disorderly crowd of people

OM + C

OM + D

  • DOM
  • MODa British teenager or young adult in the 1960s

OM + E

OM + G

OM + H

  • HOM
  • MHOa unit of conductance equal to the reciprocal of an ohm
  • OHMa unit of electrical resistance equal to the resistance between two points on a conductor when a potential difference of one volt between…

OM + I

Memory tip

OM is the sound chanted in meditation. Reverse it for MO.

On these lists

Other two-letter words starting with O

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