NOME is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. NOME is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NOME?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NOME is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NOME
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NOME scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in NOME, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,404.
What stands out about NOME
- The same 4 tiles also spell 3 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 NOME mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
An administrative division or province, especially one of the districts into which ancient Egypt or ancient Greece was divided.
A nome functioned much like a modern province, each with its own governor and local administration, and ancient Egypt was organised into dozens of them along the Nile. The word is also spelled nomos and continues in modern Greek local government under that related form.
How NOME is used
Historical term, used mainly when discussing ancient Egyptian or Greek administration.
- Each nome of ancient Egypt had its own governor and capital.
- The inscription named the nome from which the official came.
- Historians mapped the boundaries of every nome along the Nile.
- A nome could rise or fall in importance depending on the ruling dynasty.
- The temple recorded taxes owed by every village in the nome.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NOME and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of NOME
The 4 tiles of NOME in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with NOME
12 longer words begin with NOME.
Words ending in NOME
8 words end in NOME. Useful as a back hook: play NOME onto a word already on the board.
Words with NOME inside
Showing 24 of 233 words that contain NOME somewhere in the middle. Words that start with NOME are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in NOME
Common questions about NOME
- Is NOME valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NOME, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NOME worth?
- NOME is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NOME mean?
- An administrative division or province, especially one of the districts into which ancient Egypt or ancient Greece was divided.
- What letters can be added to NOME?
- NOME takes 3 hooks: 1 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of NOME:
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