SOLUM is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. SOLUM 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 SOLUM?
| 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: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SOLUM is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SOLUM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
solumsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SOLUM scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SOLUM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 73,523.
What does SOLUM mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The upper part of a soil profile, made up of the topsoil and subsoil layers shaped by plant roots and weathering, as distinct from the unweathered material beneath.
Soil scientists divide a vertical slice of ground into layers called horizons, and the solum specifically covers the upper horizons, usually labelled A and B, where plant roots, water and biological activity have actively shaped the soil over time. Beneath the solum lies the largely unaltered parent material, often labelled the C horizon, rock or sediment that has not yet been transformed by the slow processes of soil formation happening above it. The word comes directly from the Latin for ground or floor, and it remains standard vocabulary in pedology, the scientific study of soil, rather than in everyday gardening talk. Understanding how deep the solum runs helps scientists judge how developed and fertile a particular soil is, since a thicker, well-structured solum generally supports plant growth far better than shallow or poorly formed layers.
How SOLUM is used
A specialist term from soil science and pedology, describing the biologically active upper layers of soil rather than soil in the everyday sense.
- The survey measured the depth of the solum at several points across the field.
- A thin solum over solid rock limited what farmers could grow on the hillside.
- Scientists dug a pit to examine the layers of the solum directly.
- The report described a well-developed solum rich in organic matter.
- Erosion had stripped away most of the solum from the exposed slope.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SOLUM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SOLUM
The 5 tiles of SOLUM in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SOLUM
1 longer words begin with SOLUM.
Words with SOLUM inside
1 words contain SOLUM in the middle. Words that start with SOLUM are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SOLUM
Common questions about SOLUM
- Is SOLUM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SOLUM, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SOLUM worth?
- SOLUM is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SOLUM mean?
- The upper part of a soil profile, made up of the topsoil and subsoil layers shaped by plant roots and weathering, as distinct from the unweathered material beneath.
- What letters can be added to SOLUM?
- SOLUM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SOLUM:
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