What HUMS Means
HUMS is a form of HUM, which 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
HUMS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as H4 U1 M3 S1.
Anagrams of HUMS (1)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In HUMS
10 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 (4)
2 letter words (6)
Longer Words Containing HUMS
HUMS 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.