nuclear winter
NOUN
14 LETTERS · STARTS WITH N
nuclear winter is a valid 14-letter word worth 18 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
N1U1C3L1E1A1R1W4I1N1T1E1R1
1 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 0 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 =18 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 36TRIPLE WORD → 54
MEANING
What does nuclear winter mean?
NOUN · 1 SENSE
1
A long period of darkness and extreme cold that scientists predict would follow a full-scale nuclear war; a layer of dust and smoke in the atmosphere would cover the earth and block the rays of the sun; most living organisms would perish.
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