NUMBAT is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. NUMBAT 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 NUMBAT?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NUMBAT is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NUMBAT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
numbatsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NUMBAT scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in NUMBAT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 229,948.
What does NUMBAT mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A small striped marsupial of south-western Australia that feeds almost entirely on termites.
The numbat has a reddish-brown coat with pale bars across its rump, a bushy tail and a long sticky tongue for reaching into termite galleries. Unlike most marsupials it is active by day, and it has no pouch, so the young cling to the mother's belly. The numbat is now an endangered animal and the emblem of the state of Western Australia.
How NUMBAT is used
Used in natural history and conservation writing; the animal is sometimes known as the banded anteater.
- A numbat spent the morning digging out termites from a fallen log.
- Rangers released a captive-bred numbat into the fenced reserve.
- The numbat flicked its long tongue into the crack in the wood.
- Foxes brought the numbat close to extinction before fencing and baiting began.
- Children at the zoo were delighted to spot a numbat among the leaves.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NUMBAT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with NUMBAT
1 longer words begin with NUMBAT.
Shorter words from the letters in NUMBAT
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Common questions about NUMBAT
- Is NUMBAT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NUMBAT, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NUMBAT worth?
- NUMBAT is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NUMBAT mean?
- A small striped marsupial of south-western Australia that feeds almost entirely on termites.
- What letters can be added to NUMBAT?
- NUMBAT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of NUMBAT:
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