MOONBOW is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. MOONBOW is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MOONBOW?
| 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: 53 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MOONBOW is to know. It scores 14 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MOONBOW
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
moonbowsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MOONBOW scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in MOONBOW, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| o | 3 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 5,955 thousand.
What does MOONBOW mean in Scrabble?
noun
A rainbow formed by moonlight instead of sunlight.
A moonbow is so dim that the eye sees it as whitish, though a long camera exposure reveals colour. The best-known examples appear in the spray of large waterfalls on clear nights with a bright moon.
How MOONBOW is used
Moonbow is used in travel and nature writing about night-time spray and rain.
- Visitors came at night to see the moonbow above the falls.
- The moonbow appeared white to us but showed colour in the photograph.
- A full moon low in the sky is needed for a moonbow.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MOONBOW and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MOONBOW
1 longer words begin with MOONBOW.
Shorter words from the letters in MOONBOW
Common questions about MOONBOW
- Is MOONBOW valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MOONBOW, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MOONBOW worth?
- MOONBOW is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MOONBOW mean?
- A rainbow formed by moonlight instead of sunlight.
- What letters can be added to MOONBOW?
- MOONBOW takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of MOONBOW:
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