Is LUMEN a word?
LUMEN is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words With Friends, has 5 letters, and can be rearranged into 0 other words, plus 13 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, LUMEN is a valid word.
What does lumen mean?
noun: a unit of luminous flux equal to the amount of light given out through a solid angle of 1 steradian by a point source of 1 candela intensity radiating uniformly in all directions.
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
LUMEN: word details
- Pronunciation: LOO-muhn (approx., 2 syllables)
- Length: 5 letters, a medium-length word. It is one of 12,578 5-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 7 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 11 points on the tiles.
- Wordle: five letters, so LUMEN works as a Wordle guess or answer.
- Games: recognised in the combined word list Unscrambly uses for Scrabble and Words With Friends. Acceptance in official tournament lists (TWL, SOWPODS) can vary.
Shorter words inside lumen
Words you can make from the letters of lumen.
Solve a whole rack, not just LUMEN
LUMEN is one word. If you are holding tiles rather than looking up a single entry, the Scrabble word finder ranks every play from your rack by points, and the Words With Friends solver scores the same letters with WWF values instead, which changes the order of the list.
Frequently asked questions
What does LUMEN mean?
LUMEN is a noun. It means: a unit of luminous flux equal to the amount of light given out through a solid angle of 1 steradian by a point source of 1 candela intensity radiating uniformly in all directions.
Is LUMEN a valid word?
Yes, LUMEN is a valid word. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words With Friends.
Unscrambly validity is based on a large open English word list used across word games. Word acceptance varies by the exact tournament dictionary in use.