FERRUM is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. FERRUM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FERRUM?
| 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 FERRUM is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FERRUM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
ferrumsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FERRUM scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in FERRUM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 413,907.
What does FERRUM mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaictechnical
The Latin word for iron, used in old medicine and chemistry and the source of the symbol Fe.
Ferrum is the Roman name of the metal and survives in the chemical symbol Fe and in many English words such as ferrous and ferrule. Older pharmacy books wrote ferrum for iron tonics and for the remedies made from it. Today it appears mainly in historical texts, in Latin tags and in word lists.
How FERRUM is used
Archaic or learned; the everyday English word is iron.
- The chemist wrote ferrum on the label of the old tonic.
- Fe stands for ferrum, not for any English name.
- The apothecary recommended a ferrum preparation for tired blood.
- Latin ferrum gave English its words about iron.
- He found the word ferrum in a seventeenth-century recipe book.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FERRUM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FERRUM
1 longer words begin with FERRUM.
Shorter words from the letters in FERRUM
Common questions about FERRUM
- Is FERRUM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FERRUM, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FERRUM worth?
- FERRUM is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FERRUM mean?
- The Latin word for iron, used in old medicine and chemistry and the source of the symbol Fe.
- What letters can be added to FERRUM?
- FERRUM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of FERRUM:
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