GUMMATOUS is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. GUMMATOUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GUMMATOUS?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 25 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GUMMATOUS is to know. It scores 14 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GUMMATOUS
No single letter turns GUMMATOUS into another word.
How GUMMATOUS scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in GUMMATOUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| m | 2 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so GUMMATOUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does GUMMATOUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medical
Of the nature of, or resembling, a gumma, the soft rubbery swelling seen in late-stage syphilis.
Gummatous is a clinical term, met almost only in medical textbooks and pathology reports. It describes tissue changes rather than a person. Nobody would use gummatous outside a specialist setting.
How GUMMATOUS is used
Gummatous is applied to lesions or tissue in medical writing, never in casual conversation.
- The report described a gummatous lesion in the liver.
- Gummatous changes were once common in untreated late-stage disease.
- The pathologist noted gummatous tissue under the microscope.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GUMMATOUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in GUMMATOUS
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Common questions about GUMMATOUS
- Is GUMMATOUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GUMMATOUS, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GUMMATOUS worth?
- GUMMATOUS is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GUMMATOUS mean?
- Of the nature of, or resembling, a gumma, the soft rubbery swelling seen in late-stage syphilis.
- What letters can be added to GUMMATOUS?
- No single letter can be added to GUMMATOUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of GUMMATOUS:
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