slum

slum is a 4-letter English word with 4 senses as noun and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A foul back street of a city, especially one filled with a poor, dirty, degraded, and often vicious population; any low neighborhood or dark retreat; -- usually in the plural; as, Westminster slums are haunts for theives. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 9 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A foul back street of a city, especially one filled with a poor, dirty, degraded, and often vicious population; any low neighborhood or dark retreat; -- usually in the plural; as, Westminster slums are haunts for theives.
2. noun. Same as Slimes.
3. noun. a district of a city marked by poverty and inferior living conditions
4. verb. spend time at a lower socio-economic level than one's own, motivated by curiosity or desire for adventure; usage considered condescending and insensitive

   "attending a motion picture show by the upper class was considered sluming in the early 20th century"

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in slum:

lums

Common word forms

slums, slummed, slummer, slumming

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