PABLUM is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. PABLUM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PABLUM?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PABLUM is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 3.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PABLUM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
pablumsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PABLUM scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in PABLUM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,035 thousand.
What does PABLUM mean in Scrabble?
noun
North American
Writing, speech or entertainment that is bland, simple and dull, or soft cereal food for infants.
Pablum names a soft, mild food for infants, and the word has drifted into general use for anything easy to swallow and not at all nourishing. Critics use it for a lazy speech, a shallow film or a book that offers comfort without any real thought. The same idea is carried by the longer, more formal word pabulum.
How PABLUM is used
Mostly North American; the figurative sense is the usual one today.
- The reviewer dismissed the novel as sentimental pablum.
- Voters grew tired of the pablum offered at every debate.
- Her speech was polite pablum with no real promises in it.
- The baby was fed a spoonful of warm pablum.
- He wanted serious news, not the usual pablum of the evening broadcast.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PABLUM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PABLUM
1 longer words begin with PABLUM.
Shorter words from the letters in PABLUM
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Common questions about PABLUM
- Is PABLUM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PABLUM, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PABLUM worth?
- PABLUM is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PABLUM mean?
- Writing, speech or entertainment that is bland, simple and dull, or soft cereal food for infants.
- What letters can be added to PABLUM?
- PABLUM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of PABLUM:
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