HUMINT is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. HUMINT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HUMINT?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HUMINT is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HUMINT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
humintsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HUMINT scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in HUMINT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 229,948.
What does HUMINT mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
Information about an enemy or target gathered by people, such as spies and informants, rather than by machines.
Humint is the intelligence trade's shorthand for secrets obtained through personal contact: agents in the field, defectors, interviews and informants. It is usually set against signals work and satellite imagery, which collect data without anyone having to meet a source. The term was coined by blending the words human and intelligence.
How HUMINT is used
Used in military and security writing, often next to sigint and imint.
- The analyst trusted humint more than any intercepted signal.
- Years of humint work went into placing a source inside the ministry.
- A single defector can supply more humint than a whole satellite pass.
- The report blended humint with photographs of the harbour.
- Budget cuts hit the humint branch hardest.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HUMINT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HUMINT
1 longer words begin with HUMINT.
Shorter words from the letters in HUMINT
Common questions about HUMINT
- Is HUMINT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HUMINT, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HUMINT worth?
- HUMINT is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HUMINT mean?
- Information about an enemy or target gathered by people, such as spies and informants, rather than by machines.
- What letters can be added to HUMINT?
- HUMINT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of HUMINT:
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