wyrm

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UK/wɜːm/US/wɝm/

noun

A huge limbless and wingless dragon or dragonlike creature.

OriginOld English wyrm →
UncommonScrabble 12
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Meanings

nounwyrm (plural wyrms)

plural wyrms

  1. fantasyA huge limbless and wingless dragon or dragonlike creature.
    1. fantasyA sea serpent.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
dragonworm

Origin

  1. Old Englishwyrm
  2. Englishwyrm

Learned borrowing from Old English wyrm. Doublet of worm, which was inherited.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with wyrm

termfirmconfirmwormaffirmpermermtherminfirmdermbermhermsquirmfermchirmdegermdepermMongolian death wormribbon worm
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Sounds the same

worm
Cite this entry
APA

wyrm. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wyrm

MLA

“wyrm.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wyrm. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wyrm,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wyrm.

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