Is HMMM a valid word?

HMMM is HMM drawn out, the sound of someone thinking hard or not quite believing something. The word list builds this one letter at a time: HM, HMM and HMMM are all valid. Since the bag has only two M tiles, HMMM needs a blank or an M already on the board. It has no vowels, so it helps when you are stuck with consonants, and it is a cheerful word to win a challenge with. Players sometimes say it out loud while staring at a hard rack. The third M has to be a blank, since the bag has only two M tiles.

Before any bonus squares: H 4 + M 3 + M 3 + blank M 0 = 10. On a double-word square that's 20, on a triple-word 30, and every letter bonus under one of these tiles is applied first.

HMMM needs a blank: the bag has two M tiles.

Later in the game, put the H on a 3L square and HMMM is worth 18 before any word bonus.

No other word in the list uses exactly the letters H, M, M and M.

HMMM is a longer HMM, someone thinking it over. Each extra M is a hook.

• Words without vowels

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