NIMBUS is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. NIMBUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NIMBUS?
| 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: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NIMBUS is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NIMBUS
No single letter turns NIMBUS into another word.
How NIMBUS scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in NIMBUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 344,923.
What does NIMBUS mean in Scrabble?
noun
A halo of light around a holy figure, or a dark grey rain cloud.
The word is Latin for cloud and has kept two senses. In art, a nimbus is the glowing disc or ring shown around the head of a saint or a god. In weather lore it is an older name for a rain-bearing cloud, and it survives inside names such as nimbostratus and cumulonimbus. Writers also use nimbus loosely for any glow or aura that surrounds a person.
How NIMBUS is used
Used in art, meteorology and literary description.
- The painter drew a gold nimbus above the saint.
- A dark nimbus gathered over the hills before noon.
- Her hair caught the lamp and made a soft nimbus.
- The name cumulonimbus contains the word nimbus.
- The old poem spoke of a nimbus around the king.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NIMBUS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with NIMBUS
2 longer words begin with NIMBUS.
Shorter words from the letters in NIMBUS
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Common questions about NIMBUS
- Is NIMBUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NIMBUS, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NIMBUS worth?
- NIMBUS is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NIMBUS mean?
- A halo of light around a holy figure, or a dark grey rain cloud.
- What letters can be added to NIMBUS?
- No single letter can be added to NIMBUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of NIMBUS:
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