LUNARIAN is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. LUNARIAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LUNARIAN?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LUNARIAN is to know. It scores 8 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LUNARIAN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
lunariansChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LUNARIAN scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in LUNARIAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so LUNARIAN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does LUNARIAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
rare
An imagined or supposed inhabitant of the moon.
Lunarian belongs to old astronomy speculation and to science fiction, where the moon is imagined as home to a people. Writers sometimes use it playfully, and it differs from the plain word "astronaut" because no visitor is meant, only a native.
How LUNARIAN is used
Lunarian is found in science fiction and in historical writing about ideas of life on the moon.
- The story opens with a lunarian greeting the explorers.
- Early writers pictured each lunarian as a tall pale being.
- The film's lunarian lived in a crater city.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LUNARIAN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with LUNARIAN
1 longer words begin with LUNARIAN.
Shorter words from the letters in LUNARIAN
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Common questions about LUNARIAN
- Is LUNARIAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LUNARIAN, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LUNARIAN worth?
- LUNARIAN is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LUNARIAN mean?
- An imagined or supposed inhabitant of the moon.
- What letters can be added to LUNARIAN?
- LUNARIAN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of LUNARIAN:
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