ORBIT is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. ORBIT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ORBIT?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ORBIT is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ORBIT
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ORBIT scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ORBIT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,523.
What does ORBIT mean in Scrabble?
noun
The curved path that an object such as a planet, moon, or satellite follows as it moves around a larger body under the pull of gravity.
A stable orbit balances the pull of gravity against the object's forward motion, so it keeps circling rather than falling in or flying off into space. The word also travelled into everyday and figurative use, where people speak of being drawn into someone's orbit, meaning their circle of influence, well beyond its original astronomical sense.
How ORBIT is used
A common word in everyday and scientific use, and also used figuratively to describe a sphere of influence.
- The satellite settled into a stable orbit around the Earth.
- It takes the Moon about a month to complete its orbit.
- Engineers calculated the new orbit for the space station.
- The comet's elongated orbit brings it close to the sun only rarely.
- Young researchers were drawn into the professor's orbit of influence.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ORBIT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ORBIT
12 longer words begin with ORBIT.
Words ending in ORBIT
1 words end in ORBIT. Useful as a back hook: play ORBIT onto a word already on the board.
Words with ORBIT inside
Showing 24 of 39 words that contain ORBIT somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ORBIT are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ORBIT
Common questions about ORBIT
- Is ORBIT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ORBIT, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ORBIT worth?
- ORBIT is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ORBIT mean?
- The curved path that an object such as a planet, moon, or satellite follows as it moves around a larger body under the pull of gravity.
- What letters can be added to ORBIT?
- ORBIT takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ORBIT:
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