What PUMPS Means
PUMPS is a form of PUMP, which means:
- verb: operate like a pump; move up and down, like a handle or a pedal“pump the gas pedal”
- verb: deliver forth“pump bullets into the dummy”
- noun: a mechanical device that moves fluid or gas by pressure or suction
- noun: the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body“he stood still, his heart thumping wildly”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
PUMPS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as P3 U1 M3 P3 S1.
Words Made From The Letters In PUMPS
16 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 (4)
3 letter words (8)
2 letter words (4)
Longer Words Containing PUMPS
PUMPS 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.