Definitions for comet

comet com·et

Spelling: [kom-it]
IPA: /ˈkɒm ɪt/

Comet is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 63 anagrams from letters in comet (cemot).

Definitions for comet

noun

  1. a celestial body moving about the sun, usually in a highly eccentric orbit, consisting of a central mass surrounded by an envelope of dust and gas that may form a tail that streams away from the sun.

Origin of comet

1150-1200; Middle English comete Anglo-French, Old French Latin comētēs, comēta Greek komḗtēs wearing long hair, equivalent to komē-, variant stem of komân to let one's hair grow (derivative

Examples for comet

The probe appears to be sitting at the bottom of a "cliff" on the comet, but beyond that it's hard to tell.

Landing on any other world is hard, but comet 67P is especially challenging, even apart from the low gravity.

And off he went like a comet, with the fashionable woman for his tail.

What a comet is to the earth, was that sad woman to the town.

The Emperor pointed it at the comet and the comet was quenched.

Look up Dan and 'Chuck' and the rest of the crowd again, at comet's place.

We are like a comet, bright at the head but tailing away into mere gas behind.

The comet is basically shaped like a rubber ducky, but with a much rougher surface.

They found that there are roughly 1,900 hydrogen atoms for each deuterium atom in the water on comet 67P.

The basic approach went as planned: after separating from the Rosetta orbiter, Philae coasted slowly to the comet surface.

Word Value for comet
Scrable

9

Words with friends

11

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