greenhouse effect

NOUN /grin,haʊs_ɪ'fɛkt/
17 LETTERS · 3 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH G

greenhouse effect is a valid 17-letter word worth 28 points in Scrabble and 31 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
G2R1E1E1N1H4O1U1S1E1E1F4F4E1C3T1
2 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 0 + 1 + 4 + 4 + 1 + 3 + 1 =28 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 56TRIPLE WORD → 84
MEANING

What does greenhouse effect mean?

NOUN · 1 SENSE
1

Warming that results when solar radiation is trapped by the atmosphere; caused by atmospheric gases that allow sunshine to pass through but absorb heat that is radiated back from the warmed surface of the earth.