WHUMP is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. WHUMP is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WHUMP?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WHUMP is to know. It scores 15 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 2.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WHUMP
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
whumpsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WHUMP scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in WHUMP, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,176 thousand.
What does WHUMP mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
A dull, muffled thudding sound made when something heavy but soft strikes a surface, such as a footstep or a falling object.
Whump renders a lower, softer sound than a sharp bang, the kind produced by boots on packed snow, a body dropping onto a mattress, or a distant explosion heard through walls. Writers use it to suggest weight and muffling together, rather than a crisp collision of hard surfaces. The word can also work as a verb, describing the act of making that sound.
How WHUMP is used
Informal and mainly descriptive; common in narrative prose imitating sound rather than in ordinary conversation.
- The sandbag landed with a soft whump on the concrete.
- Each footstep made a quiet whump in the deep snow.
- The old engine gave a whump and then fell silent.
- She heard the whump of the car door closing down the street.
- The pillow hit the floor with a gentle whump.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WHUMP and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WHUMP
3 longer words begin with WHUMP.
Shorter words from the letters in WHUMP
Common questions about WHUMP
- Is WHUMP valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WHUMP, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WHUMP worth?
- WHUMP is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WHUMP mean?
- A dull, muffled thudding sound made when something heavy but soft strikes a surface, such as a footstep or a falling object.
- What letters can be added to WHUMP?
- WHUMP takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of WHUMP:
Open WHUMP in the Word Finder