UMBRAGEOUS is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. UMBRAGEOUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept UMBRAGEOUS?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful UMBRAGEOUS is to know. It scores 15 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for UMBRAGEOUS
No single letter turns UMBRAGEOUS into another word.
How UMBRAGEOUS scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in UMBRAGEOUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 2 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so UMBRAGEOUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about UMBRAGEOUS
- UMBRAGEOUS runs three vowels in a row, which almost no English word does.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does UMBRAGEOUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
literary
Giving shade; shady, or covered with deep shadow.
Umbrageous is chiefly a poetic word for leafy places where sunlight barely reaches. A rarer sense describes a person easily offended, since taking umbrage means feeling slighted.
How UMBRAGEOUS is used
Umbrageous belongs to literary description of trees and gardens, and is rare in everyday speech.
- We rested beneath an umbrageous oak at noon.
- The umbrageous lane stayed cool even in August.
- Her umbrageous garden was full of ferns.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of UMBRAGEOUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with UMBRAGEOUS
3 longer words begin with UMBRAGEOUS.
Shorter words from the letters in UMBRAGEOUS
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Common questions about UMBRAGEOUS
- Is UMBRAGEOUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts UMBRAGEOUS, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is UMBRAGEOUS worth?
- UMBRAGEOUS is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does UMBRAGEOUS mean?
- Giving shade; shady, or covered with deep shadow.
- What letters can be added to UMBRAGEOUS?
- No single letter can be added to UMBRAGEOUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of UMBRAGEOUS:
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