SUBLUNARY is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. SUBLUNARY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SUBLUNARY?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 25 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SUBLUNARY is to know. It scores 14 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SUBLUNARY
No single letter turns SUBLUNARY into another word.
How SUBLUNARY scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in SUBLUNARY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SUBLUNARY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SUBLUNARY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
literarypoetic
Belonging to the earthly world beneath the moon, as opposed to the heavens.
Old astronomy divided the cosmos at the moon: everything below it changes and decays, everything above is perfect. Writers use sublunary to stress that human troubles are earthly and passing. It is close in feeling to "mundane", but with a grander, more poetic tone.
How SUBLUNARY is used
Sublunary appears mainly in poetry and learned prose about mortal, changeable life.
- The poet mourned the sublunary world, where every beauty fades.
- Medieval scholars believed sublunary matter was made of four elements.
- He gave up sublunary ambitions and turned to prayer.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SUBLUNARY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in SUBLUNARY
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Common questions about SUBLUNARY
- Is SUBLUNARY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SUBLUNARY, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SUBLUNARY worth?
- SUBLUNARY is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SUBLUNARY mean?
- Belonging to the earthly world beneath the moon, as opposed to the heavens.
- What letters can be added to SUBLUNARY?
- No single letter can be added to SUBLUNARY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of SUBLUNARY:
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