STUM is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. STUM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept STUM?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful STUM is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for STUM
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How STUM scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in STUM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 20,423.
What stands out about STUM
- The same 4 tiles also spell 4 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 STUM mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
Unfermented or partly fermented grape juice used to start or renew fermentation in wine.
Winemakers add stum to a cask of wine that has gone flat or stopped working, since the fresh juice restarts the fermentation and gives the wine new life. As a verb, to stum a wine means to carry out this process of reviving it with fresh must. The word belongs to the specialised vocabulary of traditional winemaking and is rarely met outside that technical context.
How STUM is used
Technical term from traditional winemaking; not used in everyday speech.
- The vintner added stum to revive the flat wine.
- They used stum to stop the barrel turning to vinegar.
- Old manuals describe how to stum wine that has lost its fizz.
- A small amount of stum was enough to restart fermentation.
- The cellar master kept stum on hand for weak batches.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of STUM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of STUM
The 4 tiles of STUM in a different order — 4 found.
Words starting with STUM
Showing 24 of 38 words that begin with STUM.
Words ending in STUM
1 words end in STUM. Useful as a back hook: play STUM onto a word already on the board.
Words with STUM inside
Showing 24 of 30 words that contain STUM somewhere in the middle. Words that start with STUM are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in STUM
Common questions about STUM
- Is STUM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts STUM, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is STUM worth?
- STUM is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does STUM mean?
- Unfermented or partly fermented grape juice used to start or renew fermentation in wine.
- What letters can be added to STUM?
- STUM takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of STUM:
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