GRUMOUS is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. GRUMOUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GRUMOUS?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GRUMOUS is to know. It scores 10 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GRUMOUS
No single letter turns GRUMOUS into another word.
How GRUMOUS scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in GRUMOUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,316 thousand.
What does GRUMOUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
rare
Thick and clotted, or made up of small clustered grains.
Grumous is a technical word that goes back to grume, an old term for a thick fluid such as clotted blood. Botanists apply it to tissue that looks granular, and physicians have used it for fluids that have started to set.
How GRUMOUS is used
Grumous is found in medical and botanical descriptions.
- The doctor noted a grumous fluid in the sample.
- The grumous tissue looked like tiny clumped beads under the lens.
- Old texts describe grumous blood that would not flow.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GRUMOUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of GRUMOUS
The 7 tiles of GRUMOUS in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in GRUMOUS
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Common questions about GRUMOUS
- Is GRUMOUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GRUMOUS, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GRUMOUS worth?
- GRUMOUS is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GRUMOUS mean?
- Thick and clotted, or made up of small clustered grains.
- What letters can be added to GRUMOUS?
- No single letter can be added to GRUMOUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of GRUMOUS:
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