What HEMMING Means
HEMMING is a form of HEM, which means:
- noun: the edge of a piece of cloth; especially the finished edge that has been doubled under and stitched down“the hem of her dress was stained”
- noun: the utterance of a sound similar to clearing the throat; intended to get attention, express hesitancy, fill a pause, hide embarrassment, warn a friend, etc.
- verb: fold over and sew together to provide with a hem“hem my skirt”
- verb: utter ‘hem’ or ‘ahem’
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
HEMMING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 15 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as H4 E1 M3 M3 I1 N1 G2.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 65 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In HEMMING
49 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.
5 letter words (6)
4 letter words (9)
3 letter words (22)
2 letter words (12)
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