LUM is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. LUM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LUM?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LUM is to know. It scores 5 from 3 tiles, takes 7 hooks, and its letters make up 3.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LUM
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LUM scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in LUM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 5,053.
What does LUM mean in Scrabble?
noun
Scots
A chimney on a house or cottage.
Lum is Scots for a chimney and survives in the phrase about a lum hat, meaning a top hat shaped like one. It has never crossed the border into general English, although everybody north of that border knows it.
How LUM is used
Countable: a lum, two lums. Scots.
- The lum was smoking and the wind was in the east.
- A lum hat is a top hat, named for the shape.
- The word lum is Scots and has stayed there.
- Two lums on the same roof and only one fire lit.
- Sweeping the lum was a job for the new year.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LUM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with LUM
Showing 24 of 127 words that begin with LUM.
Words ending in LUM
Showing 24 of 120 words that end in LUM. Useful as a back hook: play LUM onto a word already on the board.
Words with LUM inside
Showing 24 of 597 words that contain LUM somewhere in the middle. Words that start with LUM are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in LUM
Common questions about LUM
- Is LUM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LUM, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LUM worth?
- LUM is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LUM mean?
- A chimney on a house or cottage.
- What letters can be added to LUM?
- LUM takes 7 hooks: 4 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of LUM:
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