CUMULUS is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. CUMULUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CUMULUS?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CUMULUS is to know. It scores 11 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CUMULUS
No single letter turns CUMULUS into another word.
How CUMULUS scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in CUMULUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| u | 3 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 62,530 thousand.
What does CUMULUS mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A thick white cloud with a flat base and a rounded, heaped-up top.
Cumulus clouds are the puffy ones children draw, common on fair summer days. When they grow tall and dark they can turn into thunderclouds. Weather watchers read the cumulus for signs of change.
How CUMULUS is used
Used in meteorology and everyday weather talk.
- A single cumulus drifted across the blue sky.
- Towering cumulus clouds warned the pilot of storms.
- The cumulus looked like a heap of cotton wool.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CUMULUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CUMULUS
1 longer words begin with CUMULUS.
Shorter words from the letters in CUMULUS
Common questions about CUMULUS
- Is CUMULUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CUMULUS, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CUMULUS worth?
- CUMULUS is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CUMULUS mean?
- A thick white cloud with a flat base and a rounded, heaped-up top.
- What letters can be added to CUMULUS?
- No single letter can be added to CUMULUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of CUMULUS:
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