ASARUM is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. ASARUM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ASARUM?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ASARUM is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ASARUM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
asarumsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ASARUM scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ASARUM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 172,461.
What does ASARUM mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A low, spreading woodland plant with heart-shaped leaves, commonly called wild ginger, or the dried, spicy-scented root once gathered from it.
Gardeners grow asarum as a shade-loving ground cover, prized for its glossy, heart-shaped leaves that spread slowly across the forest floor. Its rhizome carries a sharp, ginger-like scent, though asarum belongs to a completely different plant family from true ginger. Herbalists once dried the root of asarum to make a pungent snuff or tincture believed to clear the head, though modern research has raised concerns about its safety when taken internally. Today asarum is grown chiefly for its foliage rather than gathered for any remedy.
How ASARUM is used
Met mainly in botanical and gardening writing, and occasionally in older herbal texts describing its traditional medicinal use.
- The shaded border was carpeted with asarum and ferns.
- Herbalists once dried asarum root for its sharp, spicy scent.
- Asarum spreads slowly across the forest floor by creeping rhizomes.
- The nursery sold potted asarum as an evergreen ground cover.
- Old herbals describe asarum as a remedy for clearing the head.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ASARUM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ASARUM
1 longer words begin with ASARUM.
Shorter words from the letters in ASARUM
Showing 40 of 62. See all in the Word Finder
Common questions about ASARUM
- Is ASARUM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ASARUM, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ASARUM worth?
- ASARUM is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ASARUM mean?
- A low, spreading woodland plant with heart-shaped leaves, commonly called wild ginger, or the dried, spicy-scented root once gathered from it.
- What letters can be added to ASARUM?
- ASARUM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ASARUM:
Open ASARUM in the Word Finder