SUNBOW is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. SUNBOW is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SUNBOW?
| 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 SUNBOW is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SUNBOW
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
sunbowsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SUNBOW scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SUNBOW, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 388,038.
What does SUNBOW mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
An arc of coloured light made when the sun shines through spray or mist.
A sunbow looks much like a rainbow, but it forms near the source of the water rather than across a distant rainstorm, so it is seen over waterfalls, fountains and the spray of crashing waves. The word simply joins sun and bow, and poets have liked it for the way it names the effect without mentioning rain. Many people use rainbow for both, which leaves sunbow as the rarer and more exact term.
How SUNBOW is used
Literary and descriptive; common in nature writing about waterfalls and sea spray.
- A sunbow hung in the spray below the falls.
- The garden hose threw a small sunbow across the lawn.
- We watched the sunbow shift as the wind moved the mist.
- Each wave over the rocks lit a brief sunbow.
- The tourists photographed the sunbow at the foot of the cliff.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SUNBOW and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SUNBOW
1 longer words begin with SUNBOW.
Shorter words from the letters in SUNBOW
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Common questions about SUNBOW
- Is SUNBOW valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SUNBOW, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SUNBOW worth?
- SUNBOW is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SUNBOW mean?
- An arc of coloured light made when the sun shines through spray or mist.
- What letters can be added to SUNBOW?
- SUNBOW takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SUNBOW:
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