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Yes. The word thrum is a Scrabble US word. The word thrum is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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5-letter words (1 found)

THRUM,

4-letter words (4 found)

HURT,RUTH,THRU,TURM,

3-letter words (6 found)

HUM,HUT,MUT,RUM,RUT,TUM,

2-letter words (6 found)

HM,MU,UH,UM,UR,UT,

You can make 17 words from thrum according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of thrum

thrum

English

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /θɹʌm/
  • (US) IPA(key): /θɹʌm/
  • Rhymes: -ʌm

Etymology 1

Imitative.

Noun

thrum (plural thrums)

  1. A thrumming sound; a hum or vibration.
  2. (figurative) A spicy taste; a tang.

Verb

thrum (third-person singular simple present thrums, present participle thrumming, simple past and past participle thrummed)

  1. To cause a steady rhythmic vibration, usually by plucking.
  2. To make a monotonous drumming noise.
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English thrum, throm (> Anglo-French trome), from Old English *þrum (found in tungeþrum (“ligament of the tongue”)) from Proto-Germanic *þrumą. Cognate with German Trumm, Trümmer and Old Norse thrǫmr (“edge, brim”).

Alternative forms

  • thrumb

Noun

thrum (plural thrums)

  1. The ends of the warp threads in a loom which remain unwoven attached to the loom when the web is cut.
  2. (chiefly in the plural) A fringe made of such threads.
  3. Any short piece of leftover thread or yarn; a tuft or tassel.
  4. (botany) A threadlike part of a flower; a stamen.
  5. (botany) A tuft, bundle, or fringe of any threadlike structures, as hairs on a leaf, fibers of a root.
  6. (anatomy) A bundle of minute blood vessels, a plexus.
  7. (nautical, chiefly in the plural) Small pieces of rope yarn used for making mats or mops.
  8. (nautical) A mat made of canvas and tufts of yarn.
  9. (mining) A shove out of place; a small displacement or fault along a seam.
Derived terms
  • thrum-eyed
Translations

Adjective

thrum (not comparable)

  1. Made of or woven from thrum.

Verb

thrum (third-person singular simple present thrums, present participle thrumming, simple past and past participle thrummed)

  1. To furnish with thrums; to insert tufts in; to fringe.
    • 1644-1646, Francis Quarles, Boanerges and Barnabas—Wine and Oyle for […] afflicted Soules
      are we born to thrum caps or pick straw?
  2. (nautical) To insert short pieces of rope-yarn or spun yarn in.
    to thrum a piece of canvas, or a mat, thus making a rough or tufted surface

Etymology 3

Noun

thrum (plural thrums)

  1. (obsolete, slang) A threepenny bit.
    Synonym: thrummer
References
  • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary

Anagrams

  • murth

Source: wiktionary.org