MEGAPARSEC is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. MEGAPARSEC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MEGAPARSEC?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MEGAPARSEC is to know. It scores 17 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MEGAPARSEC
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
megaparsecsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MEGAPARSEC scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in MEGAPARSEC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MEGAPARSEC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does MEGAPARSEC mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A unit of distance equal to one million parsecs, used for the space between galaxies.
A megaparsec is about 3.26 million light-years, a scale suited to clusters of galaxies. Astronomers quote the expansion of the universe in kilometres per second per megaparsec.
How MEGAPARSEC is used
Megaparsec is used in astronomy and cosmology, with the symbol Mpc.
- The galaxy lies about ten megaparsec from our own.
- One megaparsec is a million parsecs.
- The survey mapped galaxies out to hundreds of megaparsec.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MEGAPARSEC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MEGAPARSEC
1 longer words begin with MEGAPARSEC.
Shorter words from the letters in MEGAPARSEC
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Common questions about MEGAPARSEC
- Is MEGAPARSEC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MEGAPARSEC, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MEGAPARSEC worth?
- MEGAPARSEC is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MEGAPARSEC mean?
- A unit of distance equal to one million parsecs, used for the space between galaxies.
- What letters can be added to MEGAPARSEC?
- MEGAPARSEC takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of MEGAPARSEC:
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