Orbits
noun
- A circular or elliptical path of one object around another object, particularly in astronomy and space travel.
"The Moon's orbit around the Earth takes nearly one month to complete."
- A sphere of influence; an area of control.
"In the post WWII era, several eastern European countries came into the orbit of the Soviet Union."
- The course of one's usual progression, or the extent of one's typical range.
"The convenience store was a heavily travelled point in her daily orbit, as she purchased both cigarettes and lottery tickets there."
- The bony cavity containing the eyeball; the eye socket.
- A mathematical function that describes the wave-like behavior of an electron in an atom; area of the highest probability of electron´s occurrence around the atom's nucleus.
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Total: 8 Scrabble points
Word Validity & Sources
Dictionary data sourced from SOWPODS (178,691 words), combining TWL (Tournament Word List) and the Collins Scrabble Words dictionary. Definitions from Free Dictionary API and Wordnik.
About the Word "Orbits"
Orbits is a 6-letter word that scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words With Friends. The letters in "orbits" can be rearranged to form 1 other valid word.
Using "Orbits" in Word Games
When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "orbits" is a low-scoring word.