BENUMB is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. BENUMB is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BENUMB?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BENUMB is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BENUMB
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
benumbsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BENUMB scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BENUMB, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 2 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,070 thousand.
What stands out about BENUMB
- BENUMB begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does BENUMB mean in Scrabble?
verb
To make a person or a body part lose feeling or the ability to respond, whether through cold, shock or sorrow.
Benumb joins the prefix be- to numb, and it has been in English since the Middle Ages. Benumb works for physical causes, such as frostbitten fingers, and for emotional ones, such as grief that leaves a person unable to react. It is a little more formal and vivid than plain numb, and it is most often seen in the passive, as in benumbed with cold.
How BENUMB is used
Fairly formal; common in literary and descriptive writing, often as the participle benumbed.
- The icy water began to benumb my feet within seconds.
- Nothing could benumb the pain of losing her brother.
- A long winter walk will benumb even the warmest gloves.
- Years of routine can benumb a person to small joys.
- The shock seemed to benumb the whole crowd into silence.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BENUMB and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BENUMB
8 longer words begin with BENUMB.
Shorter words from the letters in BENUMB
Common questions about BENUMB
- Is BENUMB valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BENUMB, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BENUMB worth?
- BENUMB is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BENUMB mean?
- To make a person or a body part lose feeling or the ability to respond, whether through cold, shock or sorrow.
- What letters can be added to BENUMB?
- BENUMB takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BENUMB:
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