ADUMBRAL is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. ADUMBRAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ADUMBRAL?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ADUMBRAL is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ADUMBRAL
No single letter turns ADUMBRAL into another word.
How ADUMBRAL scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ADUMBRAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ADUMBRAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ADUMBRAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
literary
Shadowy or shady.
Adumbral is a literary word for places that lie in shade, like a path under dense trees. It shares its root with adumbrate, to sketch in outline, and both come from the Latin for shadow.
How ADUMBRAL is used
Rare and poetic; used for shadowed scenes.
- The adumbral path led deep into the cedars.
- An adumbral light filled the old library.
- They rested in the adumbral hollow of the cliff.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ADUMBRAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ADUMBRAL
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Common questions about ADUMBRAL
- Is ADUMBRAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ADUMBRAL, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ADUMBRAL worth?
- ADUMBRAL is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ADUMBRAL mean?
- Shadowy or shady.
- What letters can be added to ADUMBRAL?
- No single letter can be added to ADUMBRAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ADUMBRAL:
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