NONPLANAR is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. NONPLANAR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NONPLANAR?
| 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 NONPLANAR is to know. It scores 11 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NONPLANAR
No single letter turns NONPLANAR into another word.
How NONPLANAR scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in NONPLANAR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 3 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so NONPLANAR has to be built on the board across turns.
What does NONPLANAR mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Not lying flat in a single plane, but extending into three dimensions.
Chemists and mathematicians reach for this word when a shape bends out of the flat sheet. A nonplanar molecule has atoms that cannot all be drawn on one flat page without distortion.
How NONPLANAR is used
Used in chemistry, geometry and engineering to describe shapes or graphs that cannot be laid flat.
- The ring adopts a nonplanar shape to relieve strain between its atoms.
- A nonplanar graph cannot be drawn on paper without crossing lines.
- The designer chose a nonplanar surface so the panel would curve around the corner.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NONPLANAR and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in NONPLANAR
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Common questions about NONPLANAR
- Is NONPLANAR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NONPLANAR, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NONPLANAR worth?
- NONPLANAR is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NONPLANAR mean?
- Not lying flat in a single plane, but extending into three dimensions.
- What letters can be added to NONPLANAR?
- No single letter can be added to NONPLANAR to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of NONPLANAR:
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