BUM is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. BUM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BUM?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BUM is to know. It scores 7 from 3 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 2.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BUM
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BUM scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in BUM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 10,106.
What does BUM mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalBritish
The buttocks, in everyday British speech.
Bum is the ordinary domestic word in Britain and Ireland — used to small children and in a waiting room alike — and it is mild enough for daytime television. In America the same three letters mean a tramp or an idler, and to bum something is to cadge it, so the word crosses the Atlantic and changes subject entirely.
How BUM is used
Countable: a bum, two bums. Common attributively in bum bag and bum note.
- He landed on his bum and laughed about it.
- The chair is too hard for anybody to sit on, bum or no bum.
- She wore a bum bag and refused to apologise for it.
- A bum note in the third bar spoiled the take.
- In American writing a bum is a person, not a part of one.
- The child fell on his bum and got straight up.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BUM and 6 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BUM
Showing 24 of 107 words that begin with BUM.
Words ending in BUM
6 words end in BUM. Useful as a back hook: play BUM onto a word already on the board.
Words with BUM inside
Showing 24 of 59 words that contain BUM somewhere in the middle. Words that start with BUM are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BUM
Common questions about BUM
- Is BUM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BUM, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BUM worth?
- BUM is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BUM mean?
- The buttocks, in everyday British speech.
- What letters can be added to BUM?
- BUM takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of BUM:
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