UMBER is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. UMBER is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept UMBER?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful UMBER is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 6 hooks, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for UMBER
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How UMBER scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in UMBER, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 65,354.
What stands out about UMBER
- The same 5 tiles also spell 2 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 UMBER mean in Scrabble?
noun
A natural earth pigment ranging from yellowish-brown when raw to a darker reddish-brown once heated; also, the dark brown colour associated with this pigment.
Umber comes from clay coloured by iron and manganese oxides, and painters have relied on it for centuries to mix earthy shadows and warm neutral tones. Raw umber stays a muted yellowish-brown, while burnt umber has been heated to deepen it into a richer reddish-brown used for darker shading. The word also works as an adjective describing anything of that dark brown shade, from autumn leaves to a fading painted wall, and occasionally as a verb meaning to shade something with the pigment.
How UMBER is used
Umber is common in art and design for the earthy brown pigment and colour, and occasionally appears as a verb or adjective for a dark brown shade.
- The painter mixed raw umber into the shadows of the cliff face.
- Autumn leaves turned a deep umber before falling from the branch.
- Burnt umber gave the still life its warm, earthy tone.
- The old barn had faded to a dull umber over the decades.
- She umbered the sketch to suggest the fading evening light.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of UMBER and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of UMBER
The 5 tiles of UMBER in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with UMBER
6 longer words begin with UMBER.
Words ending in UMBER
21 words end in UMBER. Useful as a back hook: play UMBER onto a word already on the board.
Words with UMBER inside
Showing 24 of 116 words that contain UMBER somewhere in the middle. Words that start with UMBER are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in UMBER
Common questions about UMBER
- Is UMBER valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts UMBER, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is UMBER worth?
- UMBER is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does UMBER mean?
- A natural earth pigment ranging from yellowish-brown when raw to a darker reddish-brown once heated; also, the dark brown colour associated with this pigment.
- What letters can be added to UMBER?
- UMBER takes 6 hooks: 4 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of UMBER:
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