COMMS is a valid Scrabble word, but not in Words with Friends — 11 points
Yes for Scrabble. COMMS is in Collins and in the North American lists, so it stands in any Scrabble game. Words with Friends keeps a separate list and does not accept it.
Which word lists accept COMMS?
| 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 | Not listed |
Word power: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COMMS is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COMMS
No single letter turns COMMS into another word.
How COMMS scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in COMMS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| m | 2 | 2 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,176 thousand.
What does COMMS mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalBritish
Communications, meaning the equipment, channels or messages used to send and receive information.
Comms shortens the longer word communications into a quick, everyday term for radios, phones, networks or the messages carried over them. Soldiers, engineers and office workers alike talk about comms going down when a phone line or radio link fails, and about keeping comms open during an operation. The short form has become so common in technical and military speech that it now reads as its own word rather than a mere abbreviation.
How COMMS is used
Informal; common in military, technical and office speech when talking about communication systems.
- The comms went down in the middle of the exercise.
- She checked the comms before the meeting started.
- Keeping comms open was the first priority during the storm.
- The team relied on radio comms in the remote area.
- Engineers repaired the comms tower after the storm.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COMMS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words ending in COMMS
2 words end in COMMS. Useful as a back hook: play COMMS onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in COMMS
Common questions about COMMS
- Is COMMS valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and COMMS is not in it.
- How many points is COMMS worth?
- COMMS is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COMMS mean?
- Communications, meaning the equipment, channels or messages used to send and receive information.
- What letters can be added to COMMS?
- No single letter can be added to COMMS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of COMMS:
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