LARUM is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. LARUM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LARUM?
| 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 LARUM is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LARUM
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LARUM scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in LARUM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 43,569.
What stands out about LARUM
- The same 5 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does LARUM mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaicliterary
An archaic word for an alarm, especially a warning sound or call summoning soldiers to arms.
Larum is closely related to alarm and alarum, all three words descending from an old military cry meaning roughly to arms, and older plays and chronicles use larum for the drum, bell, or shout that warned a camp of approaching danger. Stage directions in Elizabethan drama often call for a larum sounded offstage to signal that a battle is beginning. Because the word largely dropped out of everyday use, modern readers meet larum chiefly in older literature rather than in current speech.
How LARUM is used
Archaic; found chiefly in older English writing, especially drama and poetry, rather than modern speech.
- The sentry sounded a larum the moment he spied the enemy column.
- A sudden larum roused the sleeping camp before dawn.
- The old play calls for a larum offstage to signal the attack.
- Chroniclers wrote that a larum spread panic through the town.
- He wound the bell like a larum to wake the household.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LARUM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of LARUM
The 5 tiles of LARUM in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with LARUM
1 longer words begin with LARUM.
Words ending in LARUM
1 words end in LARUM. Useful as a back hook: play LARUM onto a word already on the board.
Words with LARUM inside
3 words contain LARUM in the middle. Words that start with LARUM are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in LARUM
Common questions about LARUM
- Is LARUM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LARUM, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LARUM worth?
- LARUM is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LARUM mean?
- An archaic word for an alarm, especially a warning sound or call summoning soldiers to arms.
- What letters can be added to LARUM?
- LARUM takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of LARUM:
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