What SLUMS Means
SLUMS is a form of SLUM, which means:
- noun: a district of a city marked by poverty and inferior living conditions
- verb: spend time at a lower socio-economic level than one's own, motivated by curiosity or desire for adventure; usage considered condescending and insensitive“attending a motion picture show by the upper class was considered slumming in the early 20th century”
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
SLUMS 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 S1 L1 U1 M3 S1.
Words Made From The Letters In SLUMS
12 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 (5)
2 letter words (3)
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