CUSTOM
10
Definition
Pronunciation: //ˈkʌstəm//
noun
- (dated outside UK) Habitual buying of goods from one same vendor."Thank you for your custom."
- (dated outside UK) Habitual buying of goods from one same vendor.
- (law) Long-established practice, considered as unwritten law, and resting for authority on long consent. Compare prescription."The distinction between custom and usage it that usage is a fact and custom is a law. There can be usage without custom, but not custom without usage."
- (obsolete) Familiar acquaintance; familiarity."Age can not wither her, nor custom stale Her infinite variety."
adj
- (especially agriculture) Done on a for-hire basis, as contrasted with being done only for oneself."custom threshing"
- (archaic) Accustomed; usual.
verb
- (transitive, obsolete) To make familiar; to accustom."a. 1771 (written, published posthumously) Thomas Gray, Agrippina Have not forgot your sire; the eye of Rome And the Prætorian camp have long revered, With customed awe the daughter, sister, wife, And mother of their Cæsars"
- (transitive, obsolete) To supply with customers."But yet a man might reply, that if a Shooemaker ſhould haue no Shooes in his Shoppe, but onely worke, as hee is beſpoken, hee ſhould bee weakley cuſtomed."
- (transitive, obsolete) To pay the customs of."Barabas, thy ships are safe, Riding in Malta Rhode; and all the merchants With other merchandize are safe arriv'd, And have sent me to know whether yourself Will come and custom them."
- (intransitive, obsolete) To have a custom."For on a Bridge he cuſtometh to fight, / Which is but narrow, but exceeding long; / And in the ſame are many trap fals pight, / Through which the rider downe doth fall through ouerſight."
Source: Kaikki
Word Details
- Length
- 6 letters
- Scrabble Points
- 10 points
- Words With Friends Points
- 13 points
Word Games
- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL)
- Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS)
- Yes
- Wordle
- No
- Words With Friends
- Yes
How many Scrabble points is the word 'CUSTOM'?
The word CUSTOM is worth 10 points in Scrabble.
C3
U1
S1
T1
O1
M3
Total: 10 points
How many Words With Friends points is the word 'CUSTOM'?
The word CUSTOM is worth 13 points in Words With Friends.
C4
U2
S1
T1
O1
M4
Total: 13 points
What's the difference between Scrabble and Words With Friends points?
While many letters share the same point values, there are several key differences between Scrabble and Words With Friends point values:
- B, C, M, P: Worth 3 points in Scrabble, but 4 points in Words With Friends
- H, Y: Worth 4 points in Scrabble, but 3 points in Words With Friends
- L, N, U: Worth 1 point in Scrabble, but 2 points in Words With Friends
- V: Worth 4 points in Scrabble, but 5 points in Words With Friends
- J: Worth 8 points in Scrabble, but 10 points in Words With Friends
Note: These are base letter values. Actual game scores also depend on bonus squares (Double/Triple Letter/Word) and board placement, which differ between the two games. See the complete Scrabble point values and Words With Friends point values for full reference.