CUSTOM is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. CUSTOM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CUSTOM?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CUSTOM is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CUSTOM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
customsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CUSTOM scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in CUSTOM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 388,038.
What does CUSTOM mean in Scrabble?
noun
A way of acting that a community or a person has followed for a long time and treats as normal.
A custom can be as small as shaking hands on meeting or as weighty as a wedding ritual passed down through generations. The word comes from the Latin for habit, and the same root gives accustom and customary. In commerce it also means the regular patronage a shop gets from its buyers, and in the plural it names the duties charged on imported goods.
How CUSTOM is used
Used in everyday speech and writing for traditions and habits; in business it means regular trade, and the plural customs refers to border duties.
- It is the custom in her family to eat together on Sunday.
- The old custom of bowing on arrival is fading.
- Local custom forbids picking the flowers on that hill.
- The baker lost custom when the new shop opened across the road.
- He followed his usual custom and walked to work.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CUSTOM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CUSTOM
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Shorter words from the letters in CUSTOM
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Common questions about CUSTOM
- Is CUSTOM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CUSTOM, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CUSTOM worth?
- CUSTOM is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CUSTOM mean?
- A way of acting that a community or a person has followed for a long time and treats as normal.
- What letters can be added to CUSTOM?
- CUSTOM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of CUSTOM:
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