PABULUM is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. PABULUM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PABULUM?
| 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: 49 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PABULUM is to know. It scores 13 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 3.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PABULUM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
pabulumsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PABULUM scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in PABULUM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,264 thousand.
What does PABULUM mean in Scrabble?
noun
formal
Food or nourishment, or bland and unexciting material offered to the mind.
Pabulum started life as a plain word for nourishment, yet today it is mostly an insult applied to writing, music or speeches. A critic who dismisses something as pabulum means that it is simple, safe and easy to swallow.
How PABULUM is used
Pabulum is used in literary criticism and political commentary, usually with disdain.
- The speech was political pabulum with no real content.
- Critics dismissed the film as harmless pabulum for the masses.
- The plants draw their pabulum from the soil.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PABULUM and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PABULUM
1 longer words begin with PABULUM.
Shorter words from the letters in PABULUM
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Common questions about PABULUM
- Is PABULUM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PABULUM, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PABULUM worth?
- PABULUM is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PABULUM mean?
- Food or nourishment, or bland and unexciting material offered to the mind.
- What letters can be added to PABULUM?
- PABULUM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of PABULUM:
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