TUMID is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. TUMID is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TUMID?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TUMID is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TUMID
No single letter turns TUMID into another word.
How TUMID scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in TUMID, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 43,569.
What does TUMID mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medicalliterary
Swollen or distended, especially describing a part of the body; also, of language or literary style, inflated, pompous or bombastic.
Doctors and medical writers use tumid to describe tissue, an organ or a limb that has swollen beyond its normal size, often as a symptom noted during an examination or in a case report. Literary critics borrow the same word figuratively for writing that has swollen with excessive, overblown language, so a tumid style piles up grand words and flourishes without adding real substance or clarity. The two senses share an underlying image of something puffed up beyond its natural, healthy proportions, whether that something is living tissue or a sentence. Because tumid sounds formal and somewhat clinical, it appears mainly in medical writing and in literary criticism rather than in casual, everyday speech.
How TUMID is used
Used in medical writing for swollen body tissue and, more figuratively, in literary criticism for inflated or overblown prose.
- The doctor noted a tumid area around the old wound.
- Critics dismissed the essay as tumid and self-indulgent.
- Her ankle grew tumid after the long hike.
- The professor warned students against tumid, overwritten prose.
- The report described a tumid abdomen as an early symptom.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TUMID and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TUMID
5 longer words begin with TUMID.
Shorter words from the letters in TUMID
Common questions about TUMID
- Is TUMID valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TUMID, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TUMID worth?
- TUMID is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TUMID mean?
- Swollen or distended, especially describing a part of the body; also, of language or literary style, inflated, pompous or bombastic.
- What letters can be added to TUMID?
- No single letter can be added to TUMID to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of TUMID:
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