ZOOM is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. ZOOM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ZOOM?
| 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 ZOOM is to know. It scores 15 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ZOOM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
zoomsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ZOOM scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in ZOOM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| z | 1 | 1 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 70,022.
What does ZOOM mean in Scrabble?
verb
To move quickly with a low humming sound.
Zoom imitates a noise and then took on a meaning with nothing to do with sound: the camera sense arrived in the 1940s. The video-call use is twenty-first century and comes from a company name rather than the verb.
How ZOOM is used
Zoomed, zooming. Also a noun.
- A motorbike zoomed past and set off two alarms.
- The word zoom imitates a sound.
- The camera sense of zoom arrived in the 1940s.
- They zoomed in until the whole image broke up.
- A zoom lens changes focal length without moving.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ZOOM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ZOOM
The 4 tiles of ZOOM in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with ZOOM
23 longer words begin with ZOOM.
Words ending in ZOOM
1 words end in ZOOM. Useful as a back hook: play ZOOM onto a word already on the board.
Words with ZOOM inside
1 words contain ZOOM in the middle. Words that start with ZOOM are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ZOOM
Common questions about ZOOM
- Is ZOOM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ZOOM, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ZOOM worth?
- ZOOM is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ZOOM mean?
- To move quickly with a low humming sound.
- What letters can be added to ZOOM?
- ZOOM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of ZOOM:
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