HAULM is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. HAULM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HAULM?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HAULM is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HAULM
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HAULM scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in HAULM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 130,708.
What does HAULM mean in Scrabble?
noun
British
The stems or stalks of certain crop plants, especially peas, beans, or potatoes, collectively, particularly what remains after harvest.
Once the edible part of a crop has been gathered, the haulm left standing or lying in the field is often cut, dried, and used for animal bedding, thatching, or simply ploughed back into the soil. Farmers watch the haulm of a potato crop for signs of yellowing, since its condition signals roughly when the tubers beneath the ground are ready to lift.
How HAULM is used
A British agricultural term, common in farming and gardening writing about peas, beans, and potatoes.
- The farmer burned the dry haulm left over after the potato harvest.
- Yellowing haulm signaled that the potatoes underground were nearly ready.
- Workers gathered the pea haulm into bundles for animal bedding.
- Thick haulm made it hard to see the rows of tubers below.
- She cleared away the blackened haulm before digging up the last potatoes.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HAULM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HAULM
4 longer words begin with HAULM.
Words with HAULM inside
4 words contain HAULM in the middle. Words that start with HAULM are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in HAULM
Common questions about HAULM
- Is HAULM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HAULM, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HAULM worth?
- HAULM is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HAULM mean?
- The stems or stalks of certain crop plants, especially peas, beans, or potatoes, collectively, particularly what remains after harvest.
- What letters can be added to HAULM?
- HAULM takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of HAULM:
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