oom

Not valid in Scrabble

It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
5
Words With Friends
6
Letters
3
Pronunciation
/ʊəm/
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/ʊəm/ · /ʊm/(UK)

Definition of oom

5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (South-Africa)An older man, especially an uncle. (Frequently as a respectful form of address.)
    “He raised his glass. ‘Here's to you, Oom Ben,’ he said. ‘Give them hell.’”
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noun

  1. (South-Africa)An older man, especially an uncle. (Frequently as a respectful form of address.)
    “He raised his glass. ‘Here's to you, Oom Ben,’ he said. ‘Give them hell.’”
  2. An instance of an out of memory error.
  3. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of order of magnitude.

phrase

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of out of memory.
    “If you write infinitely recursive code, you might generate an OOM error.”
  2. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of out of mana.

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Etymology

Borrowed from Afrikaans oom. Doublet of eam and ohm.

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2-letter words

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