GUMMINESS is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. GUMMINESS 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 GUMMINESS?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| 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: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GUMMINESS is to know. It scores 14 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GUMMINESS
No single letter turns GUMMINESS into another word.
How GUMMINESS scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in GUMMINESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 2 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so GUMMINESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does GUMMINESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
The quality of being sticky, tacky or thickly viscous, like gum.
Cooks talk about the gumminess of undercooked dough or overcooked rice, and it is rarely a compliment. Manufacturers of glue and sweets measure gumminess on purpose. The word suggests something that clings to teeth or fingers.
How GUMMINESS is used
Gumminess is used for texture in food, adhesives and sometimes in descriptions of eyes or sap.
- The gumminess of the underbaked bread put everyone off.
- Too much starch gives the sauce an unpleasant gumminess.
- Heat reduces the gumminess of the resin.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GUMMINESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GUMMINESS
1 longer words begin with GUMMINESS.
Shorter words from the letters in GUMMINESS
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Common questions about GUMMINESS
- Is GUMMINESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GUMMINESS, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GUMMINESS worth?
- GUMMINESS is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GUMMINESS mean?
- The quality of being sticky, tacky or thickly viscous, like gum.
- What letters can be added to GUMMINESS?
- No single letter can be added to GUMMINESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of GUMMINESS:
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