BUMMER is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. BUMMER is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BUMMER?
| 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 BUMMER 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 BUMMER
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
bummersChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BUMMER scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BUMMER, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 2 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,070 thousand.
What does BUMMER mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalslang
An unpleasant or disappointing event or situation.
Bummer is a casual way to groan about bad luck, and it rose to popularity in American speech during the 1960s. Before that, a bummer was an idle loafer who lived off other people, a sense that now feels old-fashioned. Today it is most often used alone as an exclamation, as in what a bummer, and it carries more sympathy than real tragedy.
How BUMMER is used
Informal and light in tone; unsuitable for serious misfortune.
- Missing the last train was a real bummer.
- It is a bummer that the picnic got rained out.
- She said the cancelled concert was a bummer but not a disaster.
- What a bummer to find the shop already closed.
- The old newspaper described the bummer as a man with no visible work.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BUMMER and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BUMMER
1 longer words begin with BUMMER.
Shorter words from the letters in BUMMER
Common questions about BUMMER
- Is BUMMER valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BUMMER, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BUMMER worth?
- BUMMER is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BUMMER mean?
- An unpleasant or disappointing event or situation.
- What letters can be added to BUMMER?
- BUMMER takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BUMMER:
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