RUMEN is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. RUMEN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RUMEN?
| 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 RUMEN is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RUMEN
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How RUMEN scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in RUMEN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 21,785.
What does RUMEN mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
The first and largest chamber of the stomach of a ruminant animal, where swallowed food is broken down by fermentation before being chewed again as cud.
A rumen works less like a stomach and more like a fermentation vat, packed with bacteria and other microbes that break down tough plant fibre a cow or sheep could never digest on its own. Food passes into the rumen first, is softened and partly broken down there, then is brought back up to the mouth as cud for further chewing before moving on through the rest of the stomach. Because the rumen depends on a living population of microbes, a sudden change of diet can upset it badly, which is why farmers introduce new feed to ruminants gradually. The size of the rumen varies enormously between species, from a small chamber in a deer to one holding well over a hundred litres in a large cow.
How RUMEN is used
A specialist term from veterinary science and animal husbandry, met mainly in discussions of cattle, sheep and other ruminants.
- Microbes in the rumen break down grass fibres the cow itself cannot digest.
- The vet passed a tube into the rumen to relieve the bloating.
- A calf's rumen is not fully developed until it starts eating solid feed.
- Farmers change feed slowly so the bacteria in the rumen have time to adjust.
- Gas trapped in the rumen can cause serious bloating in cattle.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RUMEN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with RUMEN
1 longer words begin with RUMEN.
Words ending in RUMEN
2 words end in RUMEN. Useful as a back hook: play RUMEN onto a word already on the board.
Words with RUMEN inside
23 words contain RUMEN in the middle. Words that start with RUMEN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in RUMEN
Common questions about RUMEN
- Is RUMEN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RUMEN, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RUMEN worth?
- RUMEN is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RUMEN mean?
- The first and largest chamber of the stomach of a ruminant animal, where swallowed food is broken down by fermentation before being chewed again as cud.
- What letters can be added to RUMEN?
- RUMEN takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of RUMEN:
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