What does MUSHROOM mean?
- Pronunciation
- /ˈmʌʃrum/
- Letters
- 8
- Scrabble score
- 15
- Words With Friends score
- 17
- How common
- Fairly common
Meaning
noun
- common name for an edible agaric (contrasting with the inedible toadstool)
- mushrooms and related fleshy fungi (including toadstools, puffballs, morels, coral fungi, etc.)
- any of various fleshy fungi of the subdivision Basidiomycota consisting of a cap at the end of a stem arising from an underground mycelium
- a large cloud of rubble and dust shaped like a mushroom and rising into the sky after an explosion (especially of a nuclear bomb)
- fleshy body of any of numerous edible fungi
verb
- pick or gather mushrooms“We went mushrooming in the Fall”
- grow and spread fast“The problem mushroomed”
Definitions from Princeton WordNet 3.0.
Other forms
mushrooms16mushroomed18mushrooming19
Anagrams of MUSHROOM
No other word in the ENABLE list uses exactly these letters.
Words inside MUSHROOM
69 shorter words can be made from these letters. Here are the most useful.
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Questions
Is MUSHROOM a valid word in word games?
MUSHROOM 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 MUSHROOM worth?
MUSHROOM is worth 15 points with Scrabble letter values and 17 with Words With Friends values, before any bonus squares.
What words can you make from MUSHROOM?
69 other words, including OR, SO, OUR and US.