IMAUM is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. IMAUM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept IMAUM?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful IMAUM is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for IMAUM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
imaumsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How IMAUM scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in IMAUM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 1 | 9 |
| m | 2 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 232,369.
What does IMAUM mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaic
An older spelling of imam, the person who leads prayers in a mosque or, more broadly, a recognized leader of the Muslim community.
Imaum was one of several ways English writers rendered the Arabic word now usually spelled imam, and it appears frequently in older travel accounts, translations, and reference works from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The underlying role has not changed: an imam or imaum leads congregational prayer and, in some traditions, holds wider religious or community authority. Modern English has settled almost entirely on the spelling imam, so imaum today is mainly of interest to readers of older texts rather than to current writing. Encountering imaum in a modern sentence is unusual and often signals a deliberately old-fashioned or historical style.
How IMAUM is used
Archaic spelling; modern writing uses imam almost exclusively.
- The old translation refers throughout to the imaum rather than the imam.
- Nineteenth-century travelers described being received by the local imaum.
- The dictionary lists imaum as an older variant of the modern spelling.
- He kept the antique spelling imaum when quoting the original source.
- The imaum led the congregation in prayer, according to the old account.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of IMAUM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of IMAUM
The 5 tiles of IMAUM in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with IMAUM
1 longer words begin with IMAUM.
Shorter words from the letters in IMAUM
Common questions about IMAUM
- Is IMAUM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts IMAUM, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is IMAUM worth?
- IMAUM is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does IMAUM mean?
- An older spelling of imam, the person who leads prayers in a mosque or, more broadly, a recognized leader of the Muslim community.
- What letters can be added to IMAUM?
- IMAUM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of IMAUM:
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