What GUM Means
- noun: a preparation (usually made of sweetened chicle) for chewing
- noun: the tissue (covered by mucous membrane) of the jaws that surrounds the bases of the teeth
- verb: cover, fill, fix or smear with or as if with gum“if you gum the tape it is stronger”
- verb: grind with the gums; chew without teeth and with great difficulty“the old man had no teeth left and mumbled his food”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
GUM is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 6 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as G2 U1 M3.
Anagrams of GUM (1)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In GUM
4 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.
2 letter words (4)
Longer Words Containing GUM
GUM appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all, and the two and three letter lists. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.