Definitions For Maxim

noun

  • A saying that is widely accepted on its own merits
  • English inventor (born in the United States) who invented the Maxim gun that was used in World War I (1840-1916)
  • A well-known phrase that expresses a general truth about life or a rule about behavior

Is Maxims a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
17
Words with Friends
19

The word Maxim is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Maxim in a Sentence

  • It's a common maxim that “a watched pot never boils,” but that's not literally true

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