HUMOUR is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. HUMOUR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HUMOUR?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HUMOUR is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HUMOUR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
humoursChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HUMOUR scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in HUMOUR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,035 thousand.
What does HUMOUR mean in Scrabble?
noun
British
The quality of being funny, or the ability to see and enjoy what is funny.
Humour is the standard British and Commonwealth spelling of the word that Americans write humor. Beyond comedy it has older senses: a person's passing mood, and one of the four bodily fluids that medieval physicians thought governed temperament. That old medical idea is why we still speak of being in a good humour or an ill one.
How HUMOUR is used
Spelled humour in British, Australian and Canadian English; the American form is humor.
- Her dry humour made the long meeting bearable.
- He left the room in a foul humour after the quarrel.
- A sense of humour is the first thing she looks for in a friend.
- The play mixes grim humour with real tenderness.
- There is little humour in the legal contract.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HUMOUR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HUMOUR
9 longer words begin with HUMOUR.
Shorter words from the letters in HUMOUR
Common questions about HUMOUR
- Is HUMOUR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HUMOUR, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HUMOUR worth?
- HUMOUR is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HUMOUR mean?
- The quality of being funny, or the ability to see and enjoy what is funny.
- What letters can be added to HUMOUR?
- HUMOUR takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of HUMOUR:
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