What does SUM mean?

Pronunciation
/sʌm/
Letters
3
Scrabble score
5
Words With Friends score
7
How common
Common

Meaning

noun

  1. a quantity of money“he borrowed a large sum”
  2. a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers
  3. the final aggregate“the sum of all our troubles did not equal the misery they suffered”
  4. the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience“the gist of the prosecutor's argument”
  5. the whole amount
  6. a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets“let C be the union of the sets A and B”

verb

  1. be a summary of“The abstract summarizes the main ideas in the paper”
  2. determine the sum of“Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town”

Definitions from Princeton WordNet 3.0.

Other forms

sums6summed11summing12

Anagrams of SUM

mus5

Words inside SUM

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

mu4 um4us2

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Questions

Is SUM a valid word in word games?

SUM 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 SUM worth?

SUM is worth 5 points with Scrabble letter values and 7 with Words With Friends values, before any bonus squares.

What words can you make from SUM?

3 other words, including US, UM and MU.