HUM is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. HUM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HUM?
| 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: 46 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HUM is to know. It scores 8 from 3 tiles, takes 5 hooks, and its letters make up 2.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HUM
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HUM scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in HUM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 10,106.
What does HUM mean in Scrabble?
verb
To sing with the lips closed.
Hum covers both the tune and the noise a machine makes, and the second sense takes on more work every decade as more things run continuously. British English has a third use — a bad smell — which is unrelated and startles anybody who meets it for the first time.
How HUM is used
Intransitive and transitive. Also a noun.
- She hums when she is concentrating and denies it.
- The fridge hums at a pitch nobody else can hear.
- The whole place hums in this weather.
- He hummed the tune and could not name it.
- A hum from the transformer carried across the yard.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HUM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HUM
Showing 24 of 289 words that begin with HUM.
Words ending in HUM
3 words end in HUM. Useful as a back hook: play HUM onto a word already on the board.
Words with HUM inside
Showing 24 of 269 words that contain HUM somewhere in the middle. Words that start with HUM are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in HUM
Common questions about HUM
- Is HUM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HUM, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HUM worth?
- HUM is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HUM mean?
- To sing with the lips closed.
- What letters can be added to HUM?
- HUM takes 5 hooks: 1 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of HUM:
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