DUMB is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. DUMB 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 DUMB?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DUMB is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 3.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DUMB
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DUMB scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in DUMB, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 61,269.
What does DUMB mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Lacking the power of speech; also, foolish.
For a thousand years the word described a person who could not talk, and the sense of stupid is American and nineteenth-century, borrowed from German. Dumb in the older sense is now avoided precisely because the newer one exists.
How DUMB is used
Before and after the noun. The first sense is now avoided.
- The word dumb meant unable to speak for a thousand years.
- A dumb waiter is named from silence and not stupidity.
- The stupid sense of dumb was borrowed from German.
- Dumb in the older sense is avoided because of the newer one.
- Two dumb decisions in the same week.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DUMB and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DUMB
Showing 24 of 39 words that begin with DUMB.
Words ending in DUMB
1 words end in DUMB. Useful as a back hook: play DUMB onto a word already on the board.
Words with DUMB inside
12 words contain DUMB in the middle. Words that start with DUMB are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in DUMB
Common questions about DUMB
- Is DUMB valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DUMB, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DUMB worth?
- DUMB is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DUMB mean?
- Lacking the power of speech; also, foolish.
- What letters can be added to DUMB?
- DUMB takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of DUMB:
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