FUM is valid in Collins, not in North America — 8 points
It depends on the list you play by. FUM is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 8 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept FUM?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FUM is to know. It scores 8 from 3 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 2.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FUM
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FUM scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in FUM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 10,106.
What does FUM mean in Scrabble?
noun
literaryrare
The fabled phoenix of Chinese mythology.
Fum survives in English dictionaries mainly as a compact entry borrowed from writing about East Asian art and craftsmanship, where the alternate spelling fung also appears. Collectors and museum catalogues use the word when labelling embroidery, porcelain, or carvings that depict the mythical bird, since the plain English term rarely fits neatly into a caption. Word-game players know fum chiefly as a short, vowel-friendly entry rather than as a term encountered in ordinary reading.
How FUM is used
Found in older writing about Chinese mythology and art rather than everyday English.
- The silk panel showed a fum rising above painted clouds.
- Legend said the fum appeared only in times of peace.
- Carvers shaped the temple gate around an image of the fum.
- The scholar's book described the fum alongside the dragon.
- A pair of fum decorated the emperor's ceremonial robe.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FUM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FUM
Showing 24 of 67 words that begin with FUM.
Words with FUM inside
Showing 24 of 27 words that contain FUM somewhere in the middle. Words that start with FUM are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in FUM
Common questions about FUM
- Is FUM valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and FUM is not in it.
- How many points is FUM worth?
- FUM is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FUM mean?
- The fabled phoenix of Chinese mythology.
- What letters can be added to FUM?
- FUM takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of FUM:
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