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chirm
5 letters · 5 distinct letters
chirm is in Nectary’s accepted word list, but we don’t have a definition for it yet.
Word history
From Middle English chirmen (“to chirp, twitter”), from Old English ċirman (“to make a noise, cry out, shout”), from Proto West Germanic *karmijan (“to make a sound”). The noun is from Middle English chirm (“the call of various birds; chirping”), from Old English ċirm, ċyrm, ċearm (“noise, cry, alarm”), from Proto West Germanic *karmi, *karm, from Proto Germanic *karmaz, *karmiz.
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Why this word counts
- Where it comes from
- Listed in the English Speller Database at size 70: the largest list we accept, where the rarer words live.
- How common it is
- Too rare to measure in everyday writing.
- In the spelling bee
- Bonus word Words found only in the largest list score as bonus words rather than daily answers.