PUMMEL is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. PUMMEL 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 PUMMEL?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PUMMEL is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PUMMEL
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PUMMEL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in PUMMEL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 2 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,104 thousand.
What does PUMMEL mean in Scrabble?
verb
To strike someone or something again and again, especially with the fists.
To pummel is to hit repeatedly and hard, the way a boxer pummels a bag or an attacker pummels a victim. The word is also used for things that are not people: hail can pummel a roof, and waves can pummel a coast. In figures of speech it means to defeat heavily or to criticize without mercy, as when a team is pummelled in a final or a critic pummels a new film. It shares its origin with the verb pommel, which is the older spelling of the same action.
How PUMMEL is used
Common in sport, news and weather writing, both literally and figuratively.
- The boxer began to pummel his opponent in the third round.
- Heavy hail continued to pummel the greenhouse all night.
- Critics did pummel the film for its weak ending.
- Waves pummel the cliffs whenever a storm comes in.
- The younger brother tried to pummel him with a pillow.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PUMMEL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PUMMEL
8 longer words begin with PUMMEL.
Shorter words from the letters in PUMMEL
Common questions about PUMMEL
- Is PUMMEL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PUMMEL, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PUMMEL worth?
- PUMMEL is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PUMMEL mean?
- To strike someone or something again and again, especially with the fists.
- What letters can be added to PUMMEL?
- PUMMEL takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of PUMMEL:
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