PENUMBRA

8 letters, 14 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What PENUMBRA Means

noun: a fringe region of partial shadow around an umbra

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

PENUMBRA is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 14 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as P3 E1 N1 U1 M3 B3 R1 A1.

Words Made From The Letters In PENUMBRA

200 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

6 letter words (12)

BARMEN BUMPER MANURE MURENA NUMBER PNEUMA PREMAN UMBRAE UNBARE UNBEAR UPBEAR URBANE

5 letter words (27)

ABUNE AMBER ARPEN BRAME BRANE BREAM BRUME BURAN EMBAR ENARM NAMER PAREU PRUNE RAMEN REMAN REMAP RUMBA RUMEN UMBER UMBRA UMBRE UNARM UNBAR UPRAN URBAN URENA URMAN

4 letter words (70)

3 letter words (67)

AME AMP AMU ANE APE ARB ARE ARM AUE BAM BAN BAP BAR BEN BRA BRU BUN BUR EAN EAR EAU EMU ERA ERM ERN MAE MAN MAP MAR MEN MEU MNA MUN NAB NAE NAM NAP NEB NEP NUB NUR PAM PAN PAR PEA PEN PER PRE PUB PUN PUR RAM RAN RAP REB REM REN REP RUB RUE RUM RUN UMP URB URE URN URP

2 letter words (24)

AB AE AM AN AR BA BE EA EM EN ER MA ME MU NA NE NU PA PE RE UM UN UP UR

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