SUPERLUNARY is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. SUPERLUNARY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SUPERLUNARY?
| 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: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SUPERLUNARY is to know. It scores 16 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SUPERLUNARY
No single letter turns SUPERLUNARY into another word.
How SUPERLUNARY scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in SUPERLUNARY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SUPERLUNARY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SUPERLUNARY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
literary
Situated above the moon; belonging to a heavenly rather than an earthly realm.
Old cosmology divided the world into the sublunary region of change and decay and the superlunary region of perfect heavenly spheres. Poets later used superlunary for anything ethereal or otherworldly. Its opposite is sublunary.
How SUPERLUNARY is used
Superlunary is a learned literary word, often found in discussions of ancient astronomy.
- Aristotle placed the stars in the superlunary realm.
- The poem describes a superlunary light.
- Her dreams were of superlunary gardens.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SUPERLUNARY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in SUPERLUNARY
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Common questions about SUPERLUNARY
- Is SUPERLUNARY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SUPERLUNARY, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SUPERLUNARY worth?
- SUPERLUNARY is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SUPERLUNARY mean?
- Situated above the moon; belonging to a heavenly rather than an earthly realm.
- What letters can be added to SUPERLUNARY?
- No single letter can be added to SUPERLUNARY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of SUPERLUNARY:
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