spasm

spasm is a 5-letter English word with 4 senses as transitive verb and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: An involuntary and unnatural contraction of one or more muscles or muscular fibers. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 11 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. An involuntary and unnatural contraction of one or more muscles or muscular fibers.
2. transitive verb. A sudden, violent, and temporary effort or emotion; as, a spasm of repentance.
3. noun. (pathology) sudden constriction of a hollow organ (as a blood vessel)
4. noun. a painful and involuntary muscular contraction

   Synonyms: cramp

Synonyms

cramp

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in spasm:

samps, spams

Common word forms

spasms, spasmed, spasming, spasmous

Words from these letters

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