MUMPS is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. MUMPS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MUMPS?
| 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: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MUMPS is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 2.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MUMPS
No single letter turns MUMPS into another word.
How MUMPS scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in MUMPS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 2 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,353 thousand.
What does MUMPS mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
A contagious viral illness that causes painful swelling of the glands at the side of the face.
Mumps is a plural in form but takes a singular verb, like measles and news: people say mumps is going round, not mumps are. Before vaccination became routine, mumps was a common childhood illness, and it can still cause serious complications in adults who catch it. The name is unrelated to the older verb mump, meaning to sulk or beg.
How MUMPS is used
Uncountable and grammatically singular; usually preceded by the.
- The child came home from school with mumps.
- Mumps was once common before the vaccine reduced it sharply.
- A swollen jaw is the classic sign of mumps.
- Doctors still see occasional outbreaks of mumps in unvaccinated groups.
- He caught mumps as an adult, which is worse than catching it as a child.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MUMPS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MUMPS
2 longer words begin with MUMPS.
Shorter words from the letters in MUMPS
Common questions about MUMPS
- Is MUMPS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MUMPS, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MUMPS worth?
- MUMPS is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MUMPS mean?
- A contagious viral illness that causes painful swelling of the glands at the side of the face.
- What letters can be added to MUMPS?
- No single letter can be added to MUMPS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of MUMPS:
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