What does HUMOUR mean?

Pronunciation
/ˈhjumər/
Letters
6
Scrabble score
11
Words With Friends score
13
How common
Fairly common

Meaning

noun

  1. a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling“whether he praised or cursed me depended on his temper at the time”
  2. a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
  3. (Middle Ages) one of the four fluids in the body whose balance was believed to determine your emotional and physical state“the humors are blood and phlegm and yellow and black bile”
  4. the liquid parts of the body
  5. the quality of being funny“I fail to see the humor in it”
  6. the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous“she didn't appreciate my humor”

verb

  1. put into a good mood

Definitions from Princeton WordNet 3.0.

Other forms

humours12humoured14humouring15

Anagrams of HUMOUR

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

Words inside HUMOUR

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

humor10 mohur10hour7 hum8mho8mor5ohm8our3rho6rom5rum5 hm7 ho5mo4 mu4 oh5om4or2uh5um4

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Questions

Is HUMOUR a valid word in word games?

HUMOUR is in the ENABLE word list, which many word games use, so it is very likely to be accepted. Check your game's own dictionary if a play is challenged.

How many points is HUMOUR worth?

HUMOUR is worth 11 points with Scrabble letter values and 13 with Words With Friends values, before any bonus squares.

What words can you make from HUMOUR?

20 other words, including OR, OUR, OH and HOUR.