NODUS is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. NODUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NODUS?
| 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: 24 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NODUS is to know. It scores 6 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NODUS
No single letter turns NODUS into another word.
How NODUS scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in NODUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 24,508.
What stands out about NODUS
- The same 5 tiles also spell 4 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 NODUS mean in Scrabble?
noun
literaryrare
A difficult or complicated point in a situation, argument, or plot; a knotty problem.
Nodus comes directly from the Latin word for knot, and English kept the figurative sense of a tangled, hard-to-resolve point. Literary critics use it for the central complication in a play or story, the knot that the plot must eventually untie. Outside literature, nodus can describe any stubborn difficulty at the heart of a dispute or plan. The word is rare and mostly appears in formal or academic writing about drama and narrative structure.
How NODUS is used
Countable noun, chiefly literary and formal, with the plural nodi.
- The critic identified the nodus of the tragedy in the hero's pride.
- Negotiators struggled to untangle the nodus at the center of the dispute.
- Every classical drama builds toward and then resolves its nodus.
- The report called funding the real nodus behind the delay.
- Scholars debated where the play's nodus truly lay.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NODUS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of NODUS
The 5 tiles of NODUS in a different order — 4 found.
Shorter words from the letters in NODUS
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Common questions about NODUS
- Is NODUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NODUS, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NODUS worth?
- NODUS is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NODUS mean?
- A difficult or complicated point in a situation, argument, or plot; a knotty problem.
- What letters can be added to NODUS?
- No single letter can be added to NODUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of NODUS:
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