The word 
is a valid scrabble word
3 short excerpts of WikWik.org (WikWik is an online database of words defined in the English, French, Spanish, Italian, and other Wiktionnaries.)
- penumbra n. A partially shaded area around the edges of a shadow, especially an eclipse.
- penumbra n. (Astronomy) A region around the edge of a sunspot, darker than the sun’s surface but lighter than the…
- penumbra n. (Figuratively) An area of uncertainty or intermediacy between two mutually exclusive states or categories.
31 valid words from 3 definitions
AN AREA AROUND ASTRONOMY BETWEEN BUT CATEGORIES DARKER ECLIPSE EDGE EDGES ESPECIALLY EXCLUSIVE FIGURATIVELY INTERMEDIACY LIGHTER MUTUALLY OF OR PARTIALLY REGION SHADED SHADOW STATES SUN SUNSPOT SURFACE THAN THE TWO UNCERTAINTY
8 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word.)
BRA EN NU NUMB PE PEN UM UMBRA
7 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word.)
3 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)
3 anagrams plus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word plus a letter.)
+E PENUMBRAE
+L PENUMBRAL
+S PENUMBRAS
Scrabble scoring
- 14 points.
Other languages
- Valid: Spanish Romanian
- Invalid: French German Italian
- (In Spanish) PENUMBRA f. Sombra débil entre la luz y la oscuridad, que no deja percibir dónde empieza la una o acaba la otra.
Categories without words
- No anagrams (Word found by changing the order of the letters.)
- No cousins (Word found by changing only one letter.)
- No lipograms (Word found when removing only one letter.)
- No epentheses (Word found when adding only one letter.)
- Not found in the middle (Word found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)
- No prefixes (Word found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)
- No anagrams can be formed by removing a letter (New word formed with all the letters of the word minus a letter.)
Scrabble words — in black are valid world wide — in RED are not valid in North America — in GREEN are valid only in North America.
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