NULLAH is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. NULLAH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NULLAH?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NULLAH is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NULLAH
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
nullahsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NULLAH scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in NULLAH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 459,897.
What does NULLAH mean in Scrabble?
noun
Indian English
A dry riverbed, ravine or steep gully in South Asia that fills with water in the rainy season.
The word came into English from Hindi through British writing about India, and it appears often in military memoirs and travel accounts of the frontier. A nullah can be a few feet deep or a deep cut across a whole valley, and for soldiers it was both a hiding place and an obstacle. In towns the same word can also mean a drain or a stream carrying sewage. Spellings such as nala and nallah are met as well.
How NULLAH is used
Mostly found in writing about South Asia and in older colonial-era English.
- The patrol crept along the dry nullah until dusk.
- A deep nullah cut across the valley below the fort.
- After the monsoon the nullah ran brown and fast.
- He fell into a nullah while crossing the field at night.
- The village drained its waste into a nullah behind the market.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NULLAH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with NULLAH
1 longer words begin with NULLAH.
Shorter words from the letters in NULLAH
Common questions about NULLAH
- Is NULLAH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NULLAH, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NULLAH worth?
- NULLAH is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NULLAH mean?
- A dry riverbed, ravine or steep gully in South Asia that fills with water in the rainy season.
- What letters can be added to NULLAH?
- NULLAH takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of NULLAH:
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