FUMULUS is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. FUMULUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FUMULUS?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FUMULUS is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FUMULUS
No single letter turns FUMULUS into another word.
How FUMULUS scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in FUMULUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 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 FUMULUS mean in Scrabble?
noun
technicalrare
A thin, smoke-like veil of cloud.
Meteorologists seldom need fumulus today, yet it shows how cloud names were once built from Latin roots. A fumulus is wispy and low-contrast, more like haze than a billowing heap.
How FUMULUS is used
The word fumulus appears in specialist or old cloud classifications, not in forecasts.
- A pale fumulus hung above the river at dawn.
- The painter added a fumulus to soften the horizon.
- Only a thin fumulus remained after the morning wind.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FUMULUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in FUMULUS
Common questions about FUMULUS
- Is FUMULUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FUMULUS, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FUMULUS worth?
- FUMULUS is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FUMULUS mean?
- A thin, smoke-like veil of cloud.
- What letters can be added to FUMULUS?
- No single letter can be added to FUMULUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of FUMULUS:
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