CUMBIA is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. CUMBIA 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 CUMBIA?
| 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 CUMBIA 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 CUMBIA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cumbiasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CUMBIA scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in CUMBIA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 459,897.
What does CUMBIA mean in Scrabble?
noun
A lively style of dance music from Colombia, and the couple dance that goes with it.
Cumbia grew out of the Caribbean coast of Colombia, where African, Indigenous and Spanish musical traditions met. Its steady, swaying rhythm is carried by drums and a pair of flutes, and in the dance the partners circle each other in small steps. The style spread across Latin America, where regional versions in Mexico, Peru and Argentina took on their own character.
How CUMBIA is used
Names both the music and the dance; also used for modern regional variants.
- The band opened the evening with a cheerful cumbia.
- They learned the cumbia at a dance class in the city.
- A slow cumbia drifted from the open window.
- Colombian cumbia is built on drums and flutes.
- The whole street joined in a cumbia during the festival.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CUMBIA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CUMBIA
1 longer words begin with CUMBIA.
Shorter words from the letters in CUMBIA
Common questions about CUMBIA
- Is CUMBIA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CUMBIA, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CUMBIA worth?
- CUMBIA is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CUMBIA mean?
- A lively style of dance music from Colombia, and the couple dance that goes with it.
- What letters can be added to CUMBIA?
- CUMBIA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of CUMBIA:
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