Scrabble & Words with friends points
- orbit is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 7
- orbit is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 7
- orbit is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 8
Definition of orbit
- the (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another (noun)
Examples
- he plotted the orbit of the moon
Synonyms
- celestial orbit
- an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: (noun)
Examples
- in the political orbit of a world power
Synonyms
- ambit
- compass
- range
- reach
- scope
- a particular environment or walk of life (noun)
Examples
- he's out of my orbit
Synonyms
- area
- arena
- domain
- field
- sphere
- move in an orbit (verb)
Examples
- The moon orbits around the Earth
- The planets are orbiting the sun
- electrons orbit the nucleus
Synonyms
- orb
- revolve
- the bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball (noun)
Synonyms
- cranial orbit
- eye socket
- orbital cavity
- the path of an electron around the nucleus of an atom (noun)
Synonyms
- electron orbit
See definition of orbit in Merriam Webster