What HUMBUGS Means
HUMBUGS is a form of HUMBUG, which means:
- noun: pretentious or silly talk or writing
- noun: communication (written or spoken) intended to deceive
- verb: trick or deceive
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
HUMBUGS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 15 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as H4 U1 M3 B3 U1 G2 S1.
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 HUMBUGS
43 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.
6 letter words (2)
5 letter words (1)
4 letter words (15)
3 letter words (17)
2 letter words (8)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.