NEUM is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. NEUM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NEUM?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NEUM is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NEUM
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NEUM scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in NEUM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 6,808.
What does NEUM mean in Scrabble?
noun
musichistorical
A written symbol used in medieval musical notation to show one or more notes sung to a single syllable, especially in plainchant.
A neum told a medieval singer roughly how the melody should rise or fall over a syllable, long before modern staff notation fixed exact pitches. The spelling neum is a variant of the more common neume, both describing the same notation.
How NEUM is used
Used in the history of music and palaeography; encountered mainly in scholarly writing.
- The manuscript preserved dozens of neum above the Latin text.
- A scholar can date a chant book partly from the style of its neum.
- Each neum indicated a small group of rising or falling notes.
- The choir director explained how to read a neum from the old score.
- Without staff lines, a neum only hinted at the shape of the melody.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NEUM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of NEUM
The 4 tiles of NEUM in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with NEUM
5 longer words begin with NEUM.
Words ending in NEUM
7 words end in NEUM. Useful as a back hook: play NEUM onto a word already on the board.
Words with NEUM inside
Showing 24 of 72 words that contain NEUM somewhere in the middle. Words that start with NEUM are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in NEUM
Common questions about NEUM
- Is NEUM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NEUM, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NEUM worth?
- NEUM is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NEUM mean?
- A written symbol used in medieval musical notation to show one or more notes sung to a single syllable, especially in plainchant.
- What letters can be added to NEUM?
- NEUM takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of NEUM:
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