UMBELLET is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. UMBELLET is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept UMBELLET?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful UMBELLET is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for UMBELLET
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
umbelletsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How UMBELLET scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in UMBELLET, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so UMBELLET has to be built on the board across turns.
What does UMBELLET mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A small secondary umbel forming part of a larger compound umbel.
In plants such as hemlock and parsley, each umbellet sits at the tip of a branch of the main flower cluster. The word is a diminutive of umbel and botanists sometimes use umbellule for the same thing.
How UMBELLET is used
Used in botanical keys and descriptions of the carrot family, where counting each umbellet helps identify a species.
- Each umbellet held about a dozen tiny white flowers.
- The botanist counted the rays and every umbellet on the specimen.
- A compound umbel is made of many a small umbellet.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of UMBELLET and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with UMBELLET
1 longer words begin with UMBELLET.
Shorter words from the letters in UMBELLET
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Common questions about UMBELLET
- Is UMBELLET valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts UMBELLET, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is UMBELLET worth?
- UMBELLET is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does UMBELLET mean?
- A small secondary umbel forming part of a larger compound umbel.
- What letters can be added to UMBELLET?
- UMBELLET takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of UMBELLET:
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