BUMPH is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. BUMPH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BUMPH?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BUMPH is to know. It scores 14 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 2.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BUMPH
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
bumphsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BUMPH scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BUMPH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,176 thousand.
What does BUMPH mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalBritish
Printed material such as forms, leaflets or memos regarded as tedious or unnecessary.
Office workers use bumph to complain about the pile of forms, circulars and memos that arrive faster than anyone can read them. The word carries a dismissive tone, suggesting paperwork that exists mainly to be filed away rather than acted upon. It is heard chiefly in British offices and news reporting about bureaucracy.
How BUMPH is used
Informal British usage, typically complaining about excessive or pointless paperwork.
- His desk disappeared under a mountain of bumph.
- She binned the bumph without reading a single page.
- The council sent another envelope of bumph about parking rules.
- Nobody wanted to sort through years of old bumph in the archive.
- Half the inbox was just bumph from head office.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BUMPH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BUMPH
1 longer words begin with BUMPH.
Shorter words from the letters in BUMPH
Common questions about BUMPH
- Is BUMPH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BUMPH, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BUMPH worth?
- BUMPH is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BUMPH mean?
- Printed material such as forms, leaflets or memos regarded as tedious or unnecessary.
- What letters can be added to BUMPH?
- BUMPH takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BUMPH:
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