Definitions for earworm

earworm ear·worm

Spelling: [eer-wurm]
IPA: /ˈɪərˌwɜrm/

Earworm is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 127 anagrams from letters in earworm (aemorrw).

Definitions for earworm

noun

  1. corn earworm.
  2. a tune or part of a song that repeats in one’s mind.

verb (used with object)

  1. to work (itself or its way) into a person’s mind:

Origin of earworm

1980-85; loan translation of German Ohrwurm ‘catchy tune, earwig’

Examples for earworm

But in the 1990s, the English word "earworm" gained the meaning "a song or melody that keeps repeating in one's mind."

The newer sense of "earworm" is actually influenced by the German word for this phenomenon—a word that translates to "earworm."

“Cups” has had the unlikeliest of journeys to summer earworm.

"earworm" has been around for quite some time to refer to a pest that burrows into the ears of corn.

Word Value for earworm
Scrable

12

Words with friends

13

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