PASHM is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. PASHM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PASHM?
| 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 PASHM is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 3.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PASHM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
pashmsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PASHM scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in PASHM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 261,415.
What does PASHM mean in Scrabble?
noun
technicalrare
The fine, soft underwool of certain Himalayan goats, used to make cashmere and pashmina cloth.
Pashm grows as a soft undercoat beneath the coarser outer hair of goats raised at high altitude in the Himalayas, and herders comb it out by hand each spring rather than shearing the animal. Spinners prize pashm for its extraordinary fineness and warmth relative to its weight, qualities that make cloth woven from it far softer than ordinary wool. The word pashmina, now familiar from shawls sold around the world, comes directly from pashm. Genuine pashm is gathered in small quantities each year, which keeps the finest cloth made from it expensive.
How PASHM is used
A specialist term used in textile and trade contexts for the raw underwool behind cashmere and pashmina products.
- The herders combed the pashm from the goats each spring by hand.
- Traders paid a premium for the finest pashm gathered that season.
- The shawl was woven entirely from pashm rather than ordinary wool.
- She learned to tell genuine pashm from cheaper blended fibre by touch.
- Only a small amount of pashm can be collected from each goat every year.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PASHM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PASHM
3 longer words begin with PASHM.
Shorter words from the letters in PASHM
Common questions about PASHM
- Is PASHM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PASHM, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PASHM worth?
- PASHM is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PASHM mean?
- The fine, soft underwool of certain Himalayan goats, used to make cashmere and pashmina cloth.
- What letters can be added to PASHM?
- PASHM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of PASHM:
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