scram
/skɹæm/verb, noun
scram is spelled S-C-R-A-M: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 62,894th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, scram means “To leave in a hurry; to go away” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in scram?
| Letters | 5: S-C-R-A-M |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 62,894th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is scram?
Scram appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 62,894th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce scram?
- US /skɹæm/
Scram has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-scram.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with scram?
10 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as scram from its last stressed vowel (/æm/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of scram
- scrams present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- scramming participle, present
- scrammed participle, past
- scraming participle, present
- scramed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does scram mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To leave in a hurry; to go away.
What are you kids doing on my lawn? Scram!
- 2
To shut down (a nuclear reactor or, by extension, some other thing) for safety reasons, usually because of an emergency.
- 3
Of a nuclear reactor or some other thing: to shut down, usually because of an emergency.
- 4
To scratch (something) with claws or fingernails; to claw.
- 5
USarchaicTo mine for ore on a small scale, especially from mines previously been worked on where most of the ore is believed to have been removed.
- 6
UKarchaicOf one's body or limbs: to become numb or stiff due to cold, lack of movement, etc.
- 7
UKarchaicTo be weakened by an accident, a disease, starvation, etc.
noun
- 1
slangA gun, firearm.
- 2
A shutdown of a nuclear reactor (or, by extension, some other thing), often done rapidly due to an emergency.
- 3
The device used to shut down a nuclear reactor; also, the button or switch used to initiate a shutdown.
- 4
A scratch, especially caused by claws or fingernails.
- 5
USarchaicA mine previously worked on where most of the ore is believed to have been removed, but which is still being mined on a small scale.
noun
- 1
Alternative letter-case form of scram.
verb
- 1
Alternative letter-case form of scram.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Scram in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense to leave in a hurry:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | décamper, décaniller, dégager, ficher le camp, se barrer, se casser |
| German | abhauen, abzischen, Land gewinnen, Reißaus nehmen, sich davonmachen, verduften |
| Portuguese | sumir, vazar |
| Spanish | irse, largarse, marcharse, retirarse, pirarse, pirárselas |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.