GUMMOUS is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. GUMMOUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GUMMOUS?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GUMMOUS is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GUMMOUS
No single letter turns GUMMOUS into another word.
How GUMMOUS scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in GUMMOUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| m | 2 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 27,791 thousand.
What does GUMMOUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Gummous means resembling gum or made of gum, or relating to a gumma in medicine.
Botanists and older medical writers used gummous for sticky, rubbery material. It is far rarer today than the plain word gummy.
How GUMMOUS is used
Gummous is a technical word, now seen mostly in older scientific text.
- The sap dried into a gummous mass on the bark.
- The surgeon described the tissue as gummous and swollen.
- A gummous residue clung to the bottom of the jar.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GUMMOUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in GUMMOUS
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Common questions about GUMMOUS
- Is GUMMOUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GUMMOUS, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GUMMOUS worth?
- GUMMOUS is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GUMMOUS mean?
- Gummous means resembling gum or made of gum, or relating to a gumma in medicine.
- What letters can be added to GUMMOUS?
- No single letter can be added to GUMMOUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of GUMMOUS:
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