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Is stum a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word stum is a Scrabble US word. The word stum is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

S1T1U1M3

Is stum a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word stum is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

S1T1U1M3

Is stum a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word stum is a Words With Friends word. The word stum is worth 8 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

S1T1U2M4

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4-letter words (5 found)

MUST,MUTS,SMUT,STUM,TUMS,

3-letter words (6 found)

MUS,MUT,SUM,TUM,UMS,UTS,

2-letter words (5 found)

MU,ST,UM,US,UT,

You can make 16 words from stum according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of stum

stum

English

Etymology

From Dutch stom (“unfermented”, literally “mute; dull”). Compare French vin muet, German stummer Wein. Doublet of shtum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /stʌm/
  • Rhymes: -ʌm

Noun

stum (countable and uncountable, plural stums)

  1. (obsolete) Unfermented grape juice; must.
    • 1620s, Ben Jonson, Leges Convivales
      Let our wines, without mixture of stum, be all fine.
  2. (obsolete) Wine revived by new fermentation, resulting from the admixture of must.

Translations

Verb

stum (third-person singular simple present stums, present participle stumming, simple past and past participle stummed)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To ferment.
  2. (transitive, obsolete) To renew (wine etc.) by mixing must with it and raising a new fermentation.
  3. (transitive, obsolete) To fume, as a cask of liquor, with burning sulphur.

References

  • “stum”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • UMTS, MTUs, tums, smut, UTMs, UTMS, must

Danish

Adjective

stum (neuter stumt, plural and definite singular attributive stumme)

  1. mute, not possessing the ability of speech
  2. temporarily unable to speak due to strong emotion
  3. not involving speech

Latvian

Verb

stum

  1. inflection of stumt:
    1. second-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German stum. Compare to Swedish stum and Danish stum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /stumː/

Adjective

stum (neuter singular stumt, definite singular and plural stumme, comparative stummare, indefinite superlative stummast, definite superlative stummaste)

  1. quiet, silent (also about pronunciation of letters)
  2. speechless, mute (also about people)

References

  • “stum” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *stumm, from Proto-Germanic *stummaz.

Adjective

stum

  1. mute

Inflection

Descendants

  • Middle Dutch: stom
    • Dutch: stom
      • Berbice Creole Dutch: stom
      • Negerhollands: stom
      • → English: stum, stoom
      • → Papiamentu: stom (dated)

References

  • “stum”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish stumber.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /stɵm/

Adjective

stum (not comparable)

  1. mute (unable to speak)
  2. rigid (not flexing or stretching)

Declension

Derived terms

  • stumfilm

Related terms

  • stumhet

References

  • stum in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • stum in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • stum in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

  • must, tums

Source: wiktionary.org