VELUM is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. VELUM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept VELUM?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VELUM is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VELUM
No single letter turns VELUM into another word.
How VELUM scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in VELUM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 98,031.
What does VELUM mean in Scrabble?
noun
medicalzoology
The soft palate, the muscular flap at the back of the roof of the mouth; more generally, any thin membranous covering, veil or curtain-like structure found in certain animals, fungi or plants.
In anatomy, the velum is the soft palate, the flexible tissue at the back of the mouth that rises to close off the nasal passage during swallowing and during certain speech sounds. The same word is borrowed in other sciences for structures that share the idea of a thin, membranous covering: zoologists use velum for the swimming membrane of some jellyfish and mollusc larvae, while mycologists use it for the delicate veil that covers the gills of a young mushroom before the cap opens. Despite naming quite different structures across anatomy, zoology and botany, every velum shares the same basic idea of a thin covering or curtain-like membrane. The word comes directly from the Latin for a veil or sail.
How VELUM is used
Technical, used in anatomy, zoology and mycology for various thin membranous structures rather than in everyday speech.
- The velum rises to seal off the nasal cavity while swallowing.
- The jellyfish larva propelled itself using its velum.
- A thin velum still covered the gills of the young mushroom.
- Surgeons examined the velum for signs of weakness affecting speech.
- Under the microscope, the velum appeared as a delicate fringed membrane.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VELUM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of VELUM
The 5 tiles of VELUM in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in VELUM
Common questions about VELUM
- Is VELUM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VELUM, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VELUM worth?
- VELUM is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VELUM mean?
- The soft palate, the muscular flap at the back of the roof of the mouth; more generally, any thin membranous covering, veil or curtain-like structure found in certain animals, fungi or plants.
- What letters can be added to VELUM?
- No single letter can be added to VELUM to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of VELUM:
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