What DRUMS Means
DRUMS is a form of DRUM, which means:
- noun: a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end
- noun: the sound of a drum“he could hear the drums before he heard the fifes”
- verb: make a rhythmic sound“Rain drummed against the windshield”
- verb: play a percussion instrument
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
DRUMS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as D2 R1 U1 M3 S1.
Words Made From The Letters In DRUMS
21 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
4 letter words (7)
3 letter words (10)
2 letter words (4)
Longer Words Containing DRUMS
DRUMS appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
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