CUMULOUS is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. CUMULOUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CUMULOUS?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CUMULOUS is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CUMULOUS
No single letter turns CUMULOUS into another word.
How CUMULOUS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in CUMULOUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| u | 3 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CUMULOUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CUMULOUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Resembling or made of cumulus, the heaped, rounded clouds with flat bases.
Weather writers call a sky cumulous when billowing white towers dominate it. The word also suggests anything stacked in rounded masses.
How CUMULOUS is used
Used in meteorology and descriptive writing about piled, rounded clouds.
- A cumulous sky promised a warm afternoon.
- The painter caught the cumulous clouds over the hills.
- Cumulous formations built up above the plain by noon.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CUMULOUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in CUMULOUS
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Common questions about CUMULOUS
- Is CUMULOUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CUMULOUS, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CUMULOUS worth?
- CUMULOUS is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CUMULOUS mean?
- Resembling or made of cumulus, the heaped, rounded clouds with flat bases.
- What letters can be added to CUMULOUS?
- No single letter can be added to CUMULOUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of CUMULOUS:
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