What NOSTRUM Means
- noun: hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists
- noun: patent medicine whose efficacy is questionable
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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
NOSTRUM 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 N1 O1 S1 T1 R1 U1 M3.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 59 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In NOSTRUM
159 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 (4)
5 letter words (34)
MORNSMORTSMOTUSMOUNTMOURNMOUSTMUNTSMUONSMUTONNORMSNOTUMNUTSORONTSROUMSROUSTROUTSRUNTSSMOUTSNORTSNOUTSTORMSTOUNSTOURSTRUMSUTORTONUSTORUSTOUNSTOURSTRONSTUMORTURMSTURNSURSON
4 letter words (61)
MONSMORNMORSMORTMOSTMOTSMOTUMOUSMUNSMUNTMUONMUSOMUSTMUTSNOMSNORMNOUSNOUTNURSNUTSONSTONUSORTSOURNOURSOUSTOUTSROMSRONTROSTROTSROUMROUTRUMSRUNSRUNTRUSTRUTSSMURSNOTSORNSORTSOUMSOURSOUTSTUMSTUNSUMOTOMSTONSTORNTORSTOUNTOURTRONTUMSTUNSTURMTURNUNTOURNS
3 letter words (43)
MONMORMOSMOTMOUMUNMUSMUTNOMNORNOSNOTNURNUSNUTOMSONSORSORTOUROUSOUTROMROTRUMRUNRUTSOMSONSOTSOUSUMSUNSURTOMTONTORTUMTUNUMSUNSURNUTS
2 letter words (17)
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