HUMA is valid in Collins, not in North America — 9 points
It depends on the list you play by. HUMA is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 9 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept HUMA?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HUMA is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HUMA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HUMA scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in HUMA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 27,231.
What does HUMA mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
A mythical bird of Persian poetry.
The huma is said never to land, so that its shadow falling across a person foretells kingship. Persian and Urdu verse use the bird constantly, and English borrowed the word along with the image.
How HUMA is used
Countable: a huma, two humas. Literary.
- The huma never lands, according to the poets.
- The word huma comes from Persian verse.
- A huma's shadow was said to foretell kingship.
- Urdu poetry uses the huma constantly.
- Two humas appear in the same ode.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HUMA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HUMA
Showing 24 of 49 words that begin with HUMA.
Words with HUMA inside
Showing 24 of 103 words that contain HUMA somewhere in the middle. Words that start with HUMA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in HUMA
Common questions about HUMA
- Is HUMA valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and HUMA is not in it.
- How many points is HUMA worth?
- HUMA is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HUMA mean?
- A mythical bird of Persian poetry.
- What letters can be added to HUMA?
- HUMA takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of HUMA:
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