SCRUM is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. SCRUM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SCRUM?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SCRUM is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 3.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SCRUM
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SCRUM scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SCRUM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 196,061.
What does SCRUM mean in Scrabble?
noun
In rugby, a formation in which the forwards from each team lock together and push against each other over the ball, and more loosely, any tightly packed, jostling crowd of people.
A scrum restarts play after a minor infringement, with the forwards bending forward, heads down and arms interlocked with their own side, while the ball is fed into the tunnel between the two packed groups. Outside rugby, people use scrum to describe any crush of bodies pressing together, such as a scrum of shoppers at a sale or reporters at a press conference. The term was later borrowed by software teams for scrum, a way of managing work in short, frequent stages, named after the rugby formation's teamwork.
How SCRUM is used
Familiar mainly through rugby, and used more loosely and informally for any tightly packed crowd of people.
- The referee blew his whistle to set up another scrum near the try line.
- Reporters formed a scrum around the minister as she left the courtroom.
- The forwards drove hard in the scrum and won the ball back.
- There was a scrum at the door when the shop opened for the sale.
- He learned to bind properly in the scrum during his first season.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SCRUM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SCRUM
Showing 24 of 31 words that begin with SCRUM.
Shorter words from the letters in SCRUM
Common questions about SCRUM
- Is SCRUM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SCRUM, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SCRUM worth?
- SCRUM is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SCRUM mean?
- In rugby, a formation in which the forwards from each team lock together and push against each other over the ball, and more loosely, any tightly packed, jostling crowd of people.
- What letters can be added to SCRUM?
- SCRUM takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SCRUM:
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