BRUMMAGEM is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. BRUMMAGEM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 24 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BRUMMAGEM?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BRUMMAGEM is to know. It scores 18 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BRUMMAGEM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
brummagemsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BRUMMAGEM scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in BRUMMAGEM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 3 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
The Scrabble bag does not hold enough of these letters. BRUMMAGEM needs 1 blank tile.
What does BRUMMAGEM mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Britishliterary
Cheap and showy, looking impressive but being of poor quality or a mere imitation of something better.
The word began as a local form of the name Birmingham, a city once known for mass-produced trinkets and counterfeit coins. Writers use brummagem to sneer at glitter that hides shoddy workmanship. Today it sounds old-fashioned and is mostly met in books.
How BRUMMAGEM is used
Found in literary or historical writing to dismiss something flashy but worthless; it can also mean something from Birmingham.
- The shop was crammed with brummagem jewellery that tarnished within a week.
- He dismissed the film as brummagem glamour with no substance.
- A brummagem crown of gilded tin sat on the statue.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BRUMMAGEM and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BRUMMAGEM
1 longer words begin with BRUMMAGEM.
Shorter words from the letters in BRUMMAGEM
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Common questions about BRUMMAGEM
- Is BRUMMAGEM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BRUMMAGEM, where it scores 24 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BRUMMAGEM worth?
- BRUMMAGEM is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 24 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BRUMMAGEM mean?
- Cheap and showy, looking impressive but being of poor quality or a mere imitation of something better.
- What letters can be added to BRUMMAGEM?
- BRUMMAGEM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of BRUMMAGEM:
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