What GUMS Means
GUMS is a form of GUM, which 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
GUMS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 7 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as G2 U1 M3 S1.
Anagrams of GUMS (2)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In GUMS
13 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.
3 letter words (8)
2 letter words (5)
Longer Words Containing GUMS
GUMS appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.