LUCUBRATION is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. LUCUBRATION is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LUCUBRATION?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LUCUBRATION is to know. It scores 15 from 11 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LUCUBRATION
Front hooks — 1
elucubrationBack hooks — 1
lucubrationsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LUCUBRATION scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in LUCUBRATION, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so LUCUBRATION has to be built on the board across turns.
What does LUCUBRATION mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
Hard, serious study carried out late at night, or a written work produced by it.
Lucubration comes from a Latin word for working by lamplight. It is often used with a slightly mocking tone for heavy, overwrought writing, and it appears mostly in the plural.
How LUCUBRATION is used
Lucubration is a bookish word, often found in the plural for scholarly writings.
- After years of lucubration he published his treatise.
- Her late-night lucubration earned her a first.
- The critic mocked the author's ponderous lucubrations.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LUCUBRATION and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with LUCUBRATION
1 longer words begin with LUCUBRATION.
Shorter words from the letters in LUCUBRATION
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Common questions about LUCUBRATION
- Is LUCUBRATION valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LUCUBRATION, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LUCUBRATION worth?
- LUCUBRATION is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LUCUBRATION mean?
- Hard, serious study carried out late at night, or a written work produced by it.
- What letters can be added to LUCUBRATION?
- LUCUBRATION takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of LUCUBRATION:
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