LUNISOLAR is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. LUNISOLAR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LUNISOLAR?
| 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: 24 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LUNISOLAR is to know. It scores 9 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LUNISOLAR
No single letter turns LUNISOLAR into another word.
How LUNISOLAR scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in LUNISOLAR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 2 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so LUNISOLAR has to be built on the board across turns.
What does LUNISOLAR mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Relating to both the moon and the sun, especially a calendar that tracks lunar months while staying in step with the solar year.
A lunisolar calendar adds an extra month every few years so that festivals stay in the same season. The Hebrew and traditional Chinese calendars are well-known examples, and astronomers also speak of lunisolar effects on the tides.
How LUNISOLAR is used
Used in astronomy and in discussions of calendars.
- The Hebrew calendar is lunisolar, with a leap month added periodically.
- Lunisolar attraction slowly shifts the direction of the Earth's axis.
- A lunisolar year keeps festivals in their proper seasons.
- Ancient astronomers built lunisolar tables to predict eclipses.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LUNISOLAR and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in LUNISOLAR
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Common questions about LUNISOLAR
- Is LUNISOLAR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LUNISOLAR, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LUNISOLAR worth?
- LUNISOLAR is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LUNISOLAR mean?
- Relating to both the moon and the sun, especially a calendar that tracks lunar months while staying in step with the solar year.
- What letters can be added to LUNISOLAR?
- No single letter can be added to LUNISOLAR to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of LUNISOLAR:
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