NEUMATIC is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. NEUMATIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NEUMATIC?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NEUMATIC is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NEUMATIC
Front hooks — 1
pneumaticBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How NEUMATIC scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in NEUMATIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so NEUMATIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about NEUMATIC
- All 8 letters of NEUMATIC are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does NEUMATIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
musictechnical
Relating to neumes, the signs used in early notation of plainchant.
Neumatic describes chant written or sung in the style where a short group of notes is set to a single syllable. Specialists in medieval music meet it in manuscripts and discussions of chant style.
How NEUMATIC is used
Neumatic is a specialist term in musicology and the study of chant.
- The manuscript uses a neumatic script with no staff lines.
- The choir sang a neumatic setting of the antiphon.
- Her thesis compares neumatic and syllabic chant styles.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NEUMATIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in NEUMATIC
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Common questions about NEUMATIC
- Is NEUMATIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NEUMATIC, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NEUMATIC worth?
- NEUMATIC is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NEUMATIC mean?
- Relating to neumes, the signs used in early notation of plainchant.
- What letters can be added to NEUMATIC?
- NEUMATIC takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of NEUMATIC:
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