NEBULY is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. NEBULY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NEBULY?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NEBULY is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NEBULY
No single letter turns NEBULY into another word.
How NEBULY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in NEBULY, 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 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 258,692.
What does NEBULY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
heraldry
In heraldry, divided or bordered by a line of deep, rounded waves that interlock like cloud edges.
A nebuly line looks like a row of bulging curves fitting into one another, and the name is taken from the Latin word for cloud. Heralds use it to describe the edge of a band or stripe on a shield. The same shape is sometimes called nebule or nebulee, but nebuly is the usual spelling in modern guides.
How NEBULY is used
Technical term of heraldry; follows the noun it describes, as in a fess nebuly.
- The shield bore a silver fess nebuly across a blue field.
- A chief nebuly was added to the family arms.
- The artist drew the nebuly border with slow, even curves.
- In the blazon the bend is described as nebuly.
- Nebuly lines are easy to confuse with simple wavy ones.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NEBULY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in NEBULY
Common questions about NEBULY
- Is NEBULY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NEBULY, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NEBULY worth?
- NEBULY is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NEBULY mean?
- In heraldry, divided or bordered by a line of deep, rounded waves that interlock like cloud edges.
- What letters can be added to NEBULY?
- No single letter can be added to NEBULY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of NEBULY:
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