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stum

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Is stum a Scrabble word?

Yes, stum is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 6 points in Scrabble.

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  • Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
  • Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
  • Wordle No
  • Words With Friends Yes

What is the meaning of stum?

Definition

noun (English)

1. (obsolete) Unfermented grape juice; must.Examples: "1620s, Ben Jonson, Leges Convivales Let our wines, without mixture of stum, be all fine."; "And with thy stum ferment their fainting cause."countableobsoleteuncountable

2. (obsolete) Wine revived by new fermentation, resulting from the admixture of must.Examples: "Drink ev'ry letter on't in stum, And make it brisk champaign become."; "To each hogshead of genuine Bordeaux wine, there are four gallons of Benicarlo, half a gallon of stum wine, and a small quantity of Hermitage added, which mixture undergoes a slight fermentation, and is then exported under the name of claret."; "But stum wine was not intended for drinking."countableobsoleteuncountable

verb (English)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To ferment.obsoletetransitive

2. (transitive, obsolete) To renew (wine etc.) by mixing must with it and raising a new fermentation.Examples: "We stum our crude wines […]to renew their spirits."obsoletetransitive

3. (transitive, obsolete) To fume, as a cask of liquor, with burning sulphur.Examples: "Since I have taken this method with cyder, it has proved more like wine than common drink, but then I racked it off a second and a third time, as soon as it appeared fine, and then stummed the cask that received it the lasttime […]"obsoletetransitive

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "stum"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "stum"?

Scrabble
6 points
S1
T1
U1
M3
Words With Friends
8 points
S1
T1
U2
M4

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