TUMULOUS is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. TUMULOUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TUMULOUS?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TUMULOUS is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TUMULOUS
No single letter turns TUMULOUS into another word.
How TUMULOUS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in TUMULOUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| u | 3 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so TUMULOUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does TUMULOUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
rare
Full of small hills or mounds.
A tumulous landscape is lumpy, like ground covered in burial mounds or molehills. The word comes from the Latin for a mound and is mainly a curiosity today.
How TUMULOUS is used
A rare descriptive word for tumulous ground or terrain.
- The tumulous meadow was hard to cross on foot.
- Surveyors mapped the tumulous ground near the old fort.
- A tumulous field often hides ancient graves.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TUMULOUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in TUMULOUS
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Common questions about TUMULOUS
- Is TUMULOUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TUMULOUS, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TUMULOUS worth?
- TUMULOUS is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TUMULOUS mean?
- Full of small hills or mounds.
- What letters can be added to TUMULOUS?
- No single letter can be added to TUMULOUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of TUMULOUS:
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