TUM is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. TUM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TUM?
| 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 TUM is to know. It scores 5 from 3 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TUM
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TUM scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in TUM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,369.
What does TUM mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalBritish
The stomach — a childish word for it.
Tum is clipped from tummy, which is itself a nursery form of stomach, so the word has been shortened twice over. British English uses it freely among adults in a way that American English does not.
How TUM is used
Countable: a tum, two tums. Informal and British.
- A full tum and a long walk do not go together.
- The word tum is clipped from tummy.
- She rubbed her tum and refused the pudding.
- Two tums to feed and nothing in the cupboard.
- Adults say tum in Britain and rarely elsewhere.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TUM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TUM
The 3 tiles of TUM in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with TUM
Showing 24 of 103 words that begin with TUM.
Words ending in TUM
Showing 24 of 87 words that end in TUM. Useful as a back hook: play TUM onto a word already on the board.
Words with TUM inside
Showing 24 of 194 words that contain TUM somewhere in the middle. Words that start with TUM are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in TUM
Common questions about TUM
- Is TUM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TUM, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TUM worth?
- TUM is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TUM mean?
- The stomach — a childish word for it.
- What letters can be added to TUM?
- TUM takes 3 hooks: 1 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of TUM:
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