SOUM is valid in Collins, not in North America — 6 points
It depends on the list you play by. SOUM is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 6 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept SOUM?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SOUM is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SOUM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
soumsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SOUM scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in SOUM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 15,317.
What stands out about SOUM
- The same 4 tiles also spell 3 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SOUM mean in Scrabble?
verb
Scotstechnical
To work out how many sheep or cattle a particular area of pasture can support.
Soum is a Scots farming term for calculating the stint, or fixed number of animals, that a piece of common grazing land can carry without being overworked, and the resulting number itself was traditionally called a soum. The word is tied closely to Scottish common-grazing custom and has no single ordinary English word covering the same idea.
How SOUM is used
Regional and technical; used in discussions of Scottish agriculture and land rights.
- The factor had to soum the hill before the tenants could turn out their sheep.
- Local custom set out how each crofter should soum the common ground.
- They argued for weeks over how to soum the shared pasture fairly.
- An old surveyor was brought in to soum the land after the dispute.
- The right to soum so many cattle passed down with the tenancy.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SOUM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SOUM
The 4 tiles of SOUM in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with SOUM
4 longer words begin with SOUM.
Shorter words from the letters in SOUM
Common questions about SOUM
- Is SOUM valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and SOUM is not in it.
- How many points is SOUM worth?
- SOUM is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SOUM mean?
- To work out how many sheep or cattle a particular area of pasture can support.
- What letters can be added to SOUM?
- SOUM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of SOUM:
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