HERM is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. HERM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HERM?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HERM is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HERM
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HERM scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in HERM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 13,615.
What does HERM mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A square pillar topped with a carved head.
A herm stood at crossroads and doorways in ancient Greece and carried the head of a god of boundaries. The form was revived as a garden ornament in the eighteenth century.
How HERM is used
Countable: a herm, two herms.
- A herm marked a boundary and not a grave.
- The word herm names a pillar with a head on it.
- Two herms flanked the gate of the villa.
- Eighteenth-century gardens revived the herm.
- A herm has no arms and no legs.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HERM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HERM
Showing 24 of 43 words that begin with HERM.
Words ending in HERM
13 words end in HERM. Useful as a back hook: play HERM onto a word already on the board.
Words with HERM inside
Showing 24 of 340 words that contain HERM somewhere in the middle. Words that start with HERM are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in HERM
Common questions about HERM
- Is HERM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HERM, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HERM worth?
- HERM is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HERM mean?
- A square pillar topped with a carved head.
- What letters can be added to HERM?
- HERM takes 3 hooks: 1 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of HERM:
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