AIRGLOW is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. AIRGLOW is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AIRGLOW?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 52 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AIRGLOW is to know. It scores 11 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AIRGLOW
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
airglowsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AIRGLOW scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in AIRGLOW, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 171,549.
What does AIRGLOW mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A faint natural light in the night sky caused by chemical reactions high in the atmosphere.
Airglow is present everywhere on Earth but is too dim to see from city streets, and astronomers must allow for it when they photograph faint objects. Observers in dark places sometimes see it as a green or red band near the horizon.
How AIRGLOW is used
Airglow is an astronomy and atmospheric science term.
- Long exposures from the mountain revealed bands of airglow.
- Airglow limits how faint a star a telescope can detect.
- Astronauts photographed the airglow above the planet's edge.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AIRGLOW and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with AIRGLOW
1 longer words begin with AIRGLOW.
Shorter words from the letters in AIRGLOW
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Common questions about AIRGLOW
- Is AIRGLOW valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AIRGLOW, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AIRGLOW worth?
- AIRGLOW is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AIRGLOW mean?
- A faint natural light in the night sky caused by chemical reactions high in the atmosphere.
- What letters can be added to AIRGLOW?
- AIRGLOW takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of AIRGLOW:
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