BELUGA is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. BELUGA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BELUGA?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BELUGA is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BELUGA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
belugasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BELUGA scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BELUGA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 114,974.
What does BELUGA mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A small white whale of Arctic seas, or a large sturgeon prized for its caviar.
The word comes from Russian, where it is based on the word for white. The whale, with its rounded forehead, is known for the many clicks and whistles it makes, which earned it the nickname sea canary. The sturgeon of the Caspian and Black Seas is another beluga, and its eggs are the most costly kind of caviar.
How BELUGA is used
Context decides whether the whale or the fish is meant; the whale is more common in speech.
- A beluga surfaced beside the research boat.
- The aquarium keeps a pod of beluga in its largest tank.
- Beluga caviar is rare and very costly.
- The young beluga is grey and turns white as it ages.
- We watched a beluga blow a ring of bubbles.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BELUGA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BELUGA
The 6 tiles of BELUGA in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with BELUGA
1 longer words begin with BELUGA.
Shorter words from the letters in BELUGA
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Common questions about BELUGA
- Is BELUGA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BELUGA, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BELUGA worth?
- BELUGA is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BELUGA mean?
- A small white whale of Arctic seas, or a large sturgeon prized for its caviar.
- What letters can be added to BELUGA?
- BELUGA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BELUGA:
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