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RUMOR

5 letters, 7 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What RUMOR Means

  1. noun: gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth
  2. verb: tell or spread rumors“It was rumored that the next president would be a woman”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

RUMOR is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 7 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as R1 U1 M3 O1 R1.

Words Made From The Letters In RUMOR

14 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 (2)

3 letter words (5)

2 letter words (7)

Longer Words Containing RUMOR

RUMOR appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.

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