What does NUMB mean?

NUMB is a valid word in the ENABLE word game list, worth 8 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends.

Pronunciation
/nʌm/
Letters
4
Scrabble score
8
Words With Friends score
12
How common
Fairly common

Meaning

adjective

  1. lacking sensation“my foot is asleep”
  2. (followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive“passersby were dead to our plea for help”
  3. so frightened as to be unable to move; stunned or paralyzed with terror; petrified“too numb with fear to move”

verb

  1. make numb or insensitive“The shock numbed her senses”

Definitions from Princeton WordNet 3.0.

Other forms

numbs9numbed11numbest11

Anagrams of NUMB

No other word in the ENABLE list uses exactly these letters.

Words inside NUMB

8 shorter words can be made from these letters. Here are the most useful.

bum7 bun5 mun5 nub5 mu4 nu2 um4 un2

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Questions

Is NUMB a Scrabble word?

NUMB is in the ENABLE word list, which many word games use, so it is very likely to be accepted in Scrabble and Words With Friends. Official tournament dictionaries differ slightly, so check your game's own dictionary if a play is challenged.

How many points is NUMB worth?

NUMB is worth 8 points with Scrabble letter values and 12 with Words With Friends values, before any bonus squares.

What words can you make from NUMB?

8 other words, including UN, UM, BUM and MU.