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SCUMS

5 letters, 9 points in Scrabble, 1 vowel

What SCUMS Means

SCUMS is a form of SCUM, which means:

  1. noun: worthless people
  2. noun: a film of impurities or vegetation that can form on the surface of a liquid
  3. verb: remove the scum from

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

SCUMS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as S1 C3 U1 M3 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In SCUMS

11 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 (4)

2 letter words (3)

Longer Words Containing SCUMS

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

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