TUMBLE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. TUMBLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TUMBLE?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TUMBLE is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TUMBLE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TUMBLE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in TUMBLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 258,692.
What does TUMBLE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To fall suddenly and clumsily, or to roll over and over in a loose, uncontrolled way.
To tumble is to lose your footing and go down in a heap, but the word also covers things that drop sharply, such as prices or a failing team in the table. Acrobats use it in a controlled sense for rolling and flipping on purpose, and clothes tumble around inside a dryer. In informal speech to tumble to something means to finally understand it.
How TUMBLE is used
Common in everyday English, both for physical falls and for sudden drops in numbers or fortunes.
- The toddler took two steps and tumble was the only word for what followed.
- Share prices tend to tumble when the bank raises its rates.
- We watched the gymnasts tumble across the mat in a perfect line.
- Leaves tumble down the hill every autumn.
- It took him a minute to tumble to the fact that the joke was about him.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TUMBLE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TUMBLE
16 longer words begin with TUMBLE.
Shorter words from the letters in TUMBLE
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Common questions about TUMBLE
- Is TUMBLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TUMBLE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TUMBLE worth?
- TUMBLE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TUMBLE mean?
- To fall suddenly and clumsily, or to roll over and over in a loose, uncontrolled way.
- What letters can be added to TUMBLE?
- TUMBLE takes 4 hooks: 1 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of TUMBLE:
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