galaxy

galaxy is a 6-letter English word with 5 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The Milky Way; that luminous tract, or belt, which is seen at night stretching across the heavens, and which is composed of innumerable stars, so distant and blended as to be distinguishable only with the telescope. The term has recently been used for remote clusters of stars. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 18 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The Milky Way; that luminous tract, or belt, which is seen at night stretching across the heavens, and which is composed of innumerable stars, so distant and blended as to be distinguishable only with the telescope. The term has recently been used for remote clusters of stars.
2. noun. A splendid assemblage of persons or things.
3. noun. a splendid assemblage (especially of famous people)
4. noun. (astronomy) a collection of star systems; any of the billions of systems each having many stars and nebulae and dust

   "`extragalactic nebula' is a former name for `galaxy'"

5. noun. tufted evergreen perennial herb having spikes of tiny white flowers and glossy green round to heart-shaped leaves that become coppery to maroon or purplish in fall

   Synonyms: beetleweed, coltsfoot, galax, wandflower

Synonyms

beetleweed, coltsfoot, galax, wandflower

Common word forms

galaxies

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