CIRCUMPOLAR is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. CIRCUMPOLAR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 25 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CIRCUMPOLAR?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CIRCUMPOLAR is to know. It scores 19 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CIRCUMPOLAR
No single letter turns CIRCUMPOLAR into another word.
How CIRCUMPOLAR scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in CIRCUMPOLAR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CIRCUMPOLAR has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CIRCUMPOLAR mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Located around a pole of the Earth, or describing stars that never set below the horizon.
From high latitudes the Big Dipper is circumpolar and wheels around the north star all night. The word is also used for animals and peoples whose range rings the Arctic.
How CIRCUMPOLAR is used
Used in astronomy, geography and ecology.
- Cassiopeia is a circumpolar constellation for northern observers.
- The reindeer has a circumpolar range.
- Circumpolar peoples have adapted to long winters.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CIRCUMPOLAR and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in CIRCUMPOLAR
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Common questions about CIRCUMPOLAR
- Is CIRCUMPOLAR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CIRCUMPOLAR, where it scores 25 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CIRCUMPOLAR worth?
- CIRCUMPOLAR is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 25 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CIRCUMPOLAR mean?
- Located around a pole of the Earth, or describing stars that never set below the horizon.
- What letters can be added to CIRCUMPOLAR?
- No single letter can be added to CIRCUMPOLAR to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of CIRCUMPOLAR:
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