What NUMBATS Means
NUMBATS is a form of NUMBAT, which means:
- noun: small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites; nearly extinct
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
NUMBATS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as N1 U1 M3 B3 A1 T1 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 NUMBATS
144 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 (5)
5 letter words (21)
ABUTSASTUNAUNTSBANTSBANTUBUATSBUNASBUNTSMANUSMAUTSMUNTSNAMUSNUMBSSAUNTSTAUNTABUNTABUSTSUBATUANSTUBASTUNAS
4 letter words (55)
ABUTAMUSANTSAUNTBAMSBANSBANTBASTBATSBUATBUMSBUNABUNSBUNTBUSTBUTSMANSMASTMASUMATSMAUNMAUTMNASMUNSMUNTMUSTMUTSNABSNAMSNAMUNATSNUBSNUMBNUTSSANTSAUTSNABSNUBSTABSTUBSTUMSTUNSUBATABSTABUTAMSTANSTAUSTUANTUBATUBSTUMSTUNATUNSUTAS
3 letter words (47)
ABSAMUANSANTATSBAMBANBASBATBUNBUSBUTMANMASMATMNAMUNMUSMUTNABNAMNASNATNUBNUSNUTSABSAMSANSATSAUSMASUBSUMSUNTABTAMTANTASTAUTUBTUMTUNUMSUNSUTAUTS
2 letter words (16)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.