NAUMACHIA is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. NAUMACHIA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NAUMACHIA?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NAUMACHIA is to know. It scores 16 from 9 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NAUMACHIA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NAUMACHIA scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in NAUMACHIA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 3 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so NAUMACHIA has to be built on the board across turns.
What does NAUMACHIA mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A staged sea battle put on as a public show in ancient Rome, or the flooded arena built for it.
Emperors used a naumachia to impress crowds, filling an arena or lake with water and sending real ships and condemned prisoners into combat. Historians treat it as one of the most extravagant of Roman spectacles.
How NAUMACHIA is used
Used in ancient history; naumachia can name both the show and the place.
- The emperor staged a naumachia on an artificial lake.
- Thousands of spectators watched the naumachia.
- Archaeologists searched for the site of the old naumachia.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NAUMACHIA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with NAUMACHIA
2 longer words begin with NAUMACHIA.
Shorter words from the letters in NAUMACHIA
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Common questions about NAUMACHIA
- Is NAUMACHIA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NAUMACHIA, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NAUMACHIA worth?
- NAUMACHIA is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NAUMACHIA mean?
- A staged sea battle put on as a public show in ancient Rome, or the flooded arena built for it.
- What letters can be added to NAUMACHIA?
- NAUMACHIA takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of NAUMACHIA:
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