What OAKUM Means
- noun: loose hemp or jute fiber obtained by unravelling old ropes; when impregnated with tar it was used to caulk seams and pack joints in wooden ships
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
OAKUM is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as O1 A1 K5 U1 M3.
Words Made From The Letters In OAKUM
22 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.
4 letter words (3)
3 letter words (10)
2 letter words (9)
Longer Words Containing OAKUM
OAKUM appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
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