GLUME is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. GLUME is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GLUME?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GLUME is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GLUME
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
glumesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GLUME scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in GLUME, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 65,354.
What does GLUME mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
One of a pair of small, dry, membranous bracts that enclose the base of a spikelet in grasses and sedges.
Glumes sit at the base of each spikelet in grasses such as wheat, oats and barley, protecting the developing flowers and later the grain before it is threshed away as part of the husk. Botanists compare the size, shape and number of glumes to help distinguish between different grass and sedge species.
How GLUME is used
Technical botanical term; typically used in the plural, glumes, since they occur in pairs.
- The wheat's grain was still wrapped in its glume.
- Botanists compared the glume shape of the two grass species.
- Threshing removes the glume from the ripe grain.
- Each spikelet is protected by a pair of glumes.
- Under the microscope, the papery glume was clearly veined.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GLUME and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GLUME
4 longer words begin with GLUME.
Shorter words from the letters in GLUME
Common questions about GLUME
- Is GLUME valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GLUME, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GLUME worth?
- GLUME is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GLUME mean?
- One of a pair of small, dry, membranous bracts that enclose the base of a spikelet in grasses and sedges.
- What letters can be added to GLUME?
- GLUME takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of GLUME:
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