alarm
NOUNVERB
/ə'lɑrm/
5 LETTERS · 2 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH A
alarm is a valid 5-letter word worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
A1L1A1R1M3
1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 3 =7 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 14TRIPLE WORD → 21
MEANING
What does alarm mean?
NOUN · 4 SENSES
1
Fear resulting from the awareness of danger.
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2
A clock that wakes a sleeper at some preset time.
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3
A device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event.
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4
An automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger.
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VERB · 2 SENSES
1
Warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness.
“The empty house alarmed him”
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2
Fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised.
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