FULIGINOUS is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. FULIGINOUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FULIGINOUS?
| 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: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FULIGINOUS is to know. It scores 14 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FULIGINOUS
No single letter turns FULIGINOUS into another word.
How FULIGINOUS scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in FULIGINOUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so FULIGINOUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does FULIGINOUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
literary
Dark and dusky like soot, or full of smoke.
Writers reach for fuliginous to describe smoky skies, blackened chimneys or gloomy colours. It is a rare and bookish word that sounds heavier than plain sooty.
How FULIGINOUS is used
Rare and literary, used for soot-coloured or smoky things.
- A fuliginous haze hung over the factory district.
- The fuliginous walls had not been cleaned for decades.
- He painted the sky in fuliginous shades of grey and brown.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FULIGINOUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FULIGINOUS
2 longer words begin with FULIGINOUS.
Shorter words from the letters in FULIGINOUS
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Common questions about FULIGINOUS
- Is FULIGINOUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FULIGINOUS, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FULIGINOUS worth?
- FULIGINOUS is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FULIGINOUS mean?
- Dark and dusky like soot, or full of smoke.
- What letters can be added to FULIGINOUS?
- No single letter can be added to FULIGINOUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of FULIGINOUS:
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