Definitions for scum

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Spelling: [skuhm]

IPA: /skʌm/

Scum is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 27 anagrams from letters in scum (cmsu).

Definitions for scum

noun

1. a film or layer of foul or extraneous matter that forms on the surface of a liquid.
2. refuse or offscourings.
3. a low, worthless, or evil person.
4. such persons collectively; riffraff; dregs.
5. scoria (def 1).

verb (used with object)

1. to remove the scum from.
2. to remove as scum.

verb (used without object)

1. to form scum; become covered with scum.

Origin of scum

1200-50; Middle English scume Middle Dutch schūme (Dutch schuim) foam; cognate with German Schaum foam