RHUMB is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. RHUMB is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RHUMB?
| 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 RHUMB is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 3.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RHUMB
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How RHUMB scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in RHUMB, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 392,122.
What does RHUMB mean in Scrabble?
noun
nautical
A line on a nautical chart that crosses every meridian at the same angle, used to plot a steady compass course.
A rhumb lets a navigator steer by a single fixed compass bearing rather than constantly adjusting course to follow the curve of the earth. Ships sailing along a rhumb travel a slightly longer path than the shortest possible route, but the steady heading made the method popular before modern navigation tools. The word also names one of the thirty-two points marked on an old ship compass. Rhumb lines were essential to the Mercator projection, which was designed specifically to show them as straight lines on a flat map.
How RHUMB is used
A specialised nautical term, mostly met in the phrase rhumb line and in the history of navigation.
- The captain plotted a rhumb across the chart to the harbour.
- A rhumb keeps the same compass bearing for its entire length.
- Mercator maps were drawn so that a rhumb appears as a straight line.
- Old sailors could follow a rhumb without recalculating their course.
- The instructor explained how a rhumb differs from a great circle route.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RHUMB and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with RHUMB
7 longer words begin with RHUMB.
Shorter words from the letters in RHUMB
Common questions about RHUMB
- Is RHUMB valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RHUMB, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RHUMB worth?
- RHUMB is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RHUMB mean?
- A line on a nautical chart that crosses every meridian at the same angle, used to plot a steady compass course.
- What letters can be added to RHUMB?
- RHUMB takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of RHUMB:
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