Word index

CUBITUS

7 letters, 11 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What CUBITUS Means

  1. noun: hinge joint between the forearm and upper arm and the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadruped
  2. noun: the arm from the elbow to the fingertips

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

CUBITUS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 11 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as C3 U1 B3 I1 T1 U1 S1.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 61 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Words Made From The Letters In CUBITUS

54 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 (3)

5 letter words (6)

4 letter words (17)

3 letter words (20)

2 letter words (8)

Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.