NUMEN is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. NUMEN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NUMEN?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NUMEN is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NUMEN
No single letter turns NUMEN into another word.
How NUMEN scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in NUMEN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 2 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 52,283.
What stands out about NUMEN
- NUMEN begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does NUMEN mean in Scrabble?
noun
literaryhistorical
A spirit or divine power believed to preside over a particular place, object, or event.
In ancient Roman belief, a numen was less a god with a human shape and story than a felt presence or will, attached to a spring, a hearth, or a harvest, and households left small offerings to keep such a presence favorable. The word survives in English mainly in historical and literary writing, and it is the root of the adjective numinous, describing anything that feels charged with a similar sacred presence.
How NUMEN is used
A literary and historical term, drawn from Roman religion, used in discussion of ancient belief and in more general talk of a guiding spiritual presence.
- The grove was said to hold the numen of an old forest god.
- Romans left offerings to honor the numen of the household.
- The poet speaks of a numen watching over the river.
- Historians describe how every spring had its own numen in early Roman belief.
- She felt a strange numen surrounding the ancient standing stone.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NUMEN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words with NUMEN inside
16 words contain NUMEN in the middle. Words that start with NUMEN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in NUMEN
Common questions about NUMEN
- Is NUMEN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NUMEN, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NUMEN worth?
- NUMEN is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NUMEN mean?
- A spirit or divine power believed to preside over a particular place, object, or event.
- What letters can be added to NUMEN?
- No single letter can be added to NUMEN to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of NUMEN:
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