What OAKUMS Means
OAKUMS is a form of OAKUM, which 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
OAKUMS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as O1 A1 K5 U1 M3 S1.
Words Made From The Letters In OAKUMS
67 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.
5 letter words (4)
4 letter words (23)
3 letter words (27)
2 letter words (13)
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