HUMOUS is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. HUMOUS 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 HUMOUS?
| 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: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HUMOUS is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HUMOUS
No single letter turns HUMOUS into another word.
How HUMOUS scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in HUMOUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,552 thousand.
What does HUMOUS mean in Scrabble?
noun
British
A thick Middle Eastern dip of mashed chickpeas blended with sesame paste, lemon juice, olive oil and garlic.
Humous is one of several English spellings of a dish that Arabic calls by a word meaning chickpeas. It is eaten with flatbread or raw vegetables and is now sold in most supermarkets. Do not confuse it with humus, the dark organic part of soil, which is pronounced differently and has nothing to do with food.
How HUMOUS is used
A British spelling variant; the form hummus is more usual in most places.
- She spread humous on warm pitta and added sliced cucumber.
- The shop sells humous in three flavours.
- A tub of humous sat beside the carrot sticks.
- He tasted the humous and asked for more lemon.
- Homemade humous keeps for about four days in the fridge.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HUMOUS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of HUMOUS
The 6 tiles of HUMOUS in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with HUMOUS
1 longer words begin with HUMOUS.
Shorter words from the letters in HUMOUS
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Common questions about HUMOUS
- Is HUMOUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HUMOUS, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HUMOUS worth?
- HUMOUS is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HUMOUS mean?
- A thick Middle Eastern dip of mashed chickpeas blended with sesame paste, lemon juice, olive oil and garlic.
- What letters can be added to HUMOUS?
- No single letter can be added to HUMOUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of HUMOUS:
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