Is RUM a Scrabble word?
Yes. RUM is a valid Scrabble word in both tournament lists, NWL2023 and Collins, and in ENABLE. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends.
Meaning A spirit distilled from various preparations of sugarcane, particularly fermented cane sugar and molasses.
Noun 3 meanings
A spirit distilled from various preparations of sugarcane, particularly fermented cane sugar and molasses.
“The Royal Navy used to issue a rum ration to sailors.”
A similar spirit distilled from similar preparations of sugarbeets, sorghum, etc.
Any odd person or thing.
Adjective 1 meaning
Strange, peculiar.
“a rum idea; a rum fellow”
Etymology
In common use since at least 1654, of uncertain origin.
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RUM at a glance
RUM has 3 letters and scores 5 points in Scrabble (R 1 + U 1 + M 3) and 7 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #12,297 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins (older SOWPODS edition).
Words ending in -RUM
More endings- FORUM10
- SPECTRUM14
- DRUM7
- SERUM7
- SCRUM9
- TANTRUM9
- QUORUM17
- CONUNDRUM14
- DECORUM12
- FULCRUM14
- ROSTRUM9
- STRUM7
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