CONURBATION is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. CONURBATION is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CONURBATION?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CONURBATION is to know. It scores 15 from 11 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CONURBATION
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
conurbationsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CONURBATION scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in CONURBATION, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CONURBATION has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CONURBATION mean in Scrabble?
noun
A large urban area formed when several towns and cities grow into one another.
Geographers use conurbation for places where the edges of separate towns have merged, such as Greater Manchester or the Ruhr. Unlike a single metropolis, it has no one clear centre. The word was coined early in the twentieth century.
How CONURBATION is used
Conurbation is a geography and planning term, mostly British.
- The conurbation stretches for forty miles along the river.
- Planners worry about traffic across the whole conurbation.
- Once separate villages now sit inside one vast conurbation.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CONURBATION and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CONURBATION
1 longer words begin with CONURBATION.
Shorter words from the letters in CONURBATION
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Common questions about CONURBATION
- Is CONURBATION valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CONURBATION, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CONURBATION worth?
- CONURBATION is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CONURBATION mean?
- A large urban area formed when several towns and cities grow into one another.
- What letters can be added to CONURBATION?
- CONURBATION takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of CONURBATION:
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