DUM is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. DUM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DUM?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DUM is to know. It scores 6 from 3 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 3.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DUM
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How DUM scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in DUM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 5,053.
What does DUM mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Indian English
Cooked slowly in a tightly sealed pot using steam and trapped heat.
Dum describes a style of Indian cooking in which meat, rice or vegetables are sealed into a pot, often with a dough rim, and left to cook gently in their own steam, as in dum biryani. The slow, closed heat lets the spices infuse deeply into the dish.
How DUM is used
Culinary term from Indian English, describing a particular slow-cooking method.
- The restaurant is famous for its dum biryani.
- She prepared the chicken dum style, sealing the pot with dough.
- Dum cooking lets the spices infuse slowly into the rice.
- He learned the dum technique from his grandmother's kitchen.
- The lamb curry tasted richer after being cooked dum.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DUM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DUM
The 3 tiles of DUM in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with DUM
Showing 24 of 113 words that begin with DUM.
Words ending in DUM
Showing 24 of 34 words that end in DUM. Useful as a back hook: play DUM onto a word already on the board.
Words with DUM inside
Showing 24 of 46 words that contain DUM somewhere in the middle. Words that start with DUM are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in DUM
Common questions about DUM
- Is DUM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DUM, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DUM worth?
- DUM is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DUM mean?
- Cooked slowly in a tightly sealed pot using steam and trapped heat.
- What letters can be added to DUM?
- DUM takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of DUM:
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