UMP is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. UMP is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept UMP?
| 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: 52 / 100
Our own measure of how useful UMP is to know. It scores 7 from 3 tiles, takes 15 hooks, and its letters make up 2.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for UMP
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How UMP scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in UMP, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 10,106.
What does UMP mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalNorth American
An umpire, in casual American speech.
Ump is what a crowd shouts rather than what a broadcast says, and it belongs to baseball above any other sport. The full word came into English from a French phrase meaning an odd number — the third person brought in to break a tie.
How UMP is used
Countable: an ump, two umps. Chiefly North American.
- The ump called it and the whole stand disagreed.
- Two umps work a game at that level.
- Arguing with the ump has never once changed a call.
- The word ump is shouted and rarely written.
- An ump behind the plate sees what nobody else can.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of UMP and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with UMP
23 longer words begin with UMP.
Words ending in UMP
Showing 24 of 50 words that end in UMP. Useful as a back hook: play UMP onto a word already on the board.
Words with UMP inside
Showing 24 of 623 words that contain UMP somewhere in the middle. Words that start with UMP are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in UMP
Common questions about UMP
- Is UMP valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts UMP, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is UMP worth?
- UMP is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does UMP mean?
- An umpire, in casual American speech.
- What letters can be added to UMP?
- UMP takes 15 hooks: 12 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of UMP:
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