LUMPEN is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. LUMPEN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LUMPEN?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LUMPEN is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LUMPEN
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LUMPEN scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in LUMPEN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 258,692.
What does LUMPEN mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Dull, heavy and unthinking, or lumpy and shapeless in appearance.
The word came into English from German, where it describes people ragged and cut off from their social class, as in the Marxist term lumpenproletariat. In everyday English it has drifted toward a critical sense of stupid, boorish or plodding. It can also describe something that is simply thick and badly shaped, such as a lumpen sculpture or a lumpen sofa.
How LUMPEN is used
Chiefly a critical word in British English, applied to people, prose and objects alike.
- The critic called the novel's prose lumpen and joyless.
- A lumpen crowd shuffled out of the station without a word.
- He sat on a lumpen sofa that sagged in the middle.
- The lumpen design of the building spoiled the quiet square.
- Marx used a harsher cousin of lumpen to describe the urban underclass.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LUMPEN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of LUMPEN
The 6 tiles of LUMPEN in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with LUMPEN
3 longer words begin with LUMPEN.
Shorter words from the letters in LUMPEN
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Common questions about LUMPEN
- Is LUMPEN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LUMPEN, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LUMPEN worth?
- LUMPEN is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LUMPEN mean?
- Dull, heavy and unthinking, or lumpy and shapeless in appearance.
- What letters can be added to LUMPEN?
- LUMPEN takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of LUMPEN:
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