TURBULENT is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. TURBULENT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TURBULENT?
| 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 TURBULENT is to know. It scores 11 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TURBULENT
No single letter turns TURBULENT into another word.
How TURBULENT scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in TURBULENT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 2 | 6 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so TURBULENT has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about TURBULENT
- TURBULENT begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does TURBULENT mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Moving in a violent, unsteady way, or marked by disorder and sudden change.
Pilots warn passengers about turbulent air that shakes the plane. Historians describe turbulent decades of upheaval. In physics a turbulent flow is chaotic and mixes freely, unlike smooth laminar flow.
How TURBULENT is used
Used for weather, water, flow in physics, and troubled times or relationships.
- The plane hit turbulent air over the mountains.
- It was a turbulent time in the country.
- The river grew turbulent after the storm.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TURBULENT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TURBULENT
1 longer words begin with TURBULENT.
Shorter words from the letters in TURBULENT
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Common questions about TURBULENT
- Is TURBULENT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TURBULENT, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TURBULENT worth?
- TURBULENT is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TURBULENT mean?
- Moving in a violent, unsteady way, or marked by disorder and sudden change.
- What letters can be added to TURBULENT?
- No single letter can be added to TURBULENT to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of TURBULENT:
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