DEGUM is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. DEGUM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DEGUM?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DEGUM is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DEGUM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
degumsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DEGUM scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in DEGUM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 65,354.
What does DEGUM mean in Scrabble?
verb
technical
To remove the natural gum, or sericin, from raw silk fibres, typically by boiling them in a soap solution.
Raw silk comes out of the cocoon coated in a stiff, gummy protein called sericin, and mills degum the fibres to leave behind the soft, lustrous thread used in weaving. The process usually involves boiling the silk in a mild soap or alkaline solution, which loosens and washes away the gum without damaging the underlying fibre. Degummed silk is noticeably lighter, glossier, and softer to the touch than the raw material straight from the cocoon.
How DEGUM is used
Chiefly a technical term in textile manufacturing, used mainly in relation to silk production.
- The mill would degum the raw silk before it was spun into thread.
- Workers boiled the cocoons to degum the fibres.
- Degummed silk feels far softer than the stiff raw material.
- The factory installed new tanks for degumming silk more efficiently.
- Traditional methods degum silk using little more than soap and hot water.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DEGUM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DEGUM
The 5 tiles of DEGUM in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with DEGUM
3 longer words begin with DEGUM.
Shorter words from the letters in DEGUM
Common questions about DEGUM
- Is DEGUM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DEGUM, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DEGUM worth?
- DEGUM is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DEGUM mean?
- To remove the natural gum, or sericin, from raw silk fibres, typically by boiling them in a soap solution.
- What letters can be added to DEGUM?
- DEGUM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of DEGUM:
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