PULSAR is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. PULSAR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PULSAR?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PULSAR is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PULSAR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
pulsarsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PULSAR scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in PULSAR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 172,461.
What does PULSAR mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A rapidly rotating neutron star that emits regular pulses of radio waves and other radiation, detected as flashes from Earth.
Astronomers discovered pulsars as extremely dense, collapsed stellar remnants that spin many times per second while beaming radiation from their magnetic poles, so a distant observer detects a steady, clock-like pulse each time the beam sweeps past. This extreme regularity makes pulsars useful as natural timekeepers and even as reference points for testing theories about gravity and space. A pulsar forms after a massive star exhausts its fuel and collapses in a supernova, leaving behind a core so dense that a teaspoon of its material would weigh billions of tons.
How PULSAR is used
A technical term used in astronomy and astrophysics rather than everyday speech.
- The telescope detected radio pulses from a distant pulsar.
- A pulsar spins many times each second.
- Astronomers used the pulsar as a precise natural clock.
- The supernova left behind a dense, spinning pulsar.
- Scientists mapped the magnetic field of the nearby pulsar.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PULSAR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PULSAR
1 longer words begin with PULSAR.
Shorter words from the letters in PULSAR
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Common questions about PULSAR
- Is PULSAR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PULSAR, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PULSAR worth?
- PULSAR is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PULSAR mean?
- A rapidly rotating neutron star that emits regular pulses of radio waves and other radiation, detected as flashes from Earth.
- What letters can be added to PULSAR?
- PULSAR takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of PULSAR:
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