Nocturns is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.
You can make 214 anagrams from letters in nocturns (cnnorstu).
before 1150; Middle English nocturne Medieval Latin nocturna, noun use of feminine of Latin nocturnus by night; replacing Old English noctern Medieval Latin, as above
It was to be lighted again by one of the novices appointed for the purpose during the last psalm of each nocturn.
When all were assembled, fifteen psalms were sung; then came the nocturn and more psalms.
The contessa's reception began at the first nocturn, between sunset and midnight.
The elders did not observe the nocturn that night until prime on the morrow.
At half-past three in the afternoon the first nocturn began, with the Psalms, Lessons, etc.