What HUM Means
- verb: sing with closed lips“She hummed a melody”
- verb: be noisy with activity“This office is buzzing with activity”
- noun: the state of being or appearing to be actively engaged in an activity“they manifested all the busyness of a pack of beavers”
- noun: a humming noise“the hum of distant traffic”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
HUM 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 H4 U1 M3.
Words Made From The Letters In HUM
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 HUM
HUM appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
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