NEBULA is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. NEBULA 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 NEBULA?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NEBULA is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NEBULA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NEBULA scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in NEBULA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 57,487.
What stands out about NEBULA
- The same 6 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does NEBULA mean in Scrabble?
noun
A vast cloud of gas and dust in outer space, often visible from Earth as a hazy, glowing patch or a dark silhouette among the stars.
A nebula forms from the material left behind by dying stars or from clouds that have not yet condensed into new stars, and some nebulae are in fact the birthplaces of future star systems. Through a telescope a nebula can look like a soft glowing smudge, a ring, or a dark patch blocking the light of stars behind it, which is why early astronomers used the same Latin word for mist or cloud to name several different kinds of object. The plural nebulae keeps the original Latin form, though nebulas is also accepted in English.
How NEBULA is used
A standard astronomical term, familiar from popular science writing as well as technical papers.
- The telescope image showed a nebula glowing faintly pink and blue.
- Astronomers believe new stars are forming inside that nebula right now.
- A dark nebula blocked out the light of the stars behind it.
- The museum display named several famous nebulae visible from Earth.
- Photographs of the nebula revealed delicate filaments of gas and dust.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NEBULA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of NEBULA
The 6 tiles of NEBULA in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with NEBULA
3 longer words begin with NEBULA.
Shorter words from the letters in NEBULA
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Common questions about NEBULA
- Is NEBULA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NEBULA, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NEBULA worth?
- NEBULA is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NEBULA mean?
- A vast cloud of gas and dust in outer space, often visible from Earth as a hazy, glowing patch or a dark silhouette among the stars.
- What letters can be added to NEBULA?
- NEBULA takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of NEBULA:
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