INHUME is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. INHUME 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 INHUME?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful INHUME is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for INHUME
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How INHUME scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in INHUME, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 114,974.
What does INHUME mean in Scrabble?
verb
formal
To place a dead body in the ground, in a grave.
Inhume is a solemn word that appears in older and legal writing about burial. It comes from the Latin for earth, the same root as humus, and it is the opposite of exhume, which means to dig a body up again. Most modern writers simply say bury, so inhume tends to be chosen for a formal or antique tone.
How INHUME is used
Formal and rare; the opposite of exhume.
- They chose to inhume the king beside his father.
- Custom required the family to inhume the dead before sunset.
- The law allowed them to inhume the remains in the churchyard.
- It is the duty of the village to inhume the unclaimed.
- The old text tells how to inhume a soldier with honour.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of INHUME and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with INHUME
4 longer words begin with INHUME.
Shorter words from the letters in INHUME
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Common questions about INHUME
- Is INHUME valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts INHUME, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is INHUME worth?
- INHUME is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does INHUME mean?
- To place a dead body in the ground, in a grave.
- What letters can be added to INHUME?
- INHUME takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of INHUME:
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