AERENCHYMA is a valid Scrabble word — 20 points
Yes. AERENCHYMA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 20 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AERENCHYMA?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AERENCHYMA is to know. It scores 20 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AERENCHYMA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
aerenchymasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AERENCHYMA scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in AERENCHYMA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so AERENCHYMA has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about AERENCHYMA
- AERENCHYMA begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does AERENCHYMA mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
Soft plant tissue full of air spaces, found especially in water plants.
Aerenchyma lets a submerged stem or root receive oxygen from the leaves above the water. The same air pockets add buoyancy, which is why water lilies and rice can thrive in flooded ground.
How AERENCHYMA is used
Used in botany and plant biology textbooks.
- Rice roots develop aerenchyma when the field is flooded.
- The cross-section showed large gaps of aerenchyma in the stem.
- Aerenchyma helps the water lily float.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AERENCHYMA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with AERENCHYMA
3 longer words begin with AERENCHYMA.
Shorter words from the letters in AERENCHYMA
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Common questions about AERENCHYMA
- Is AERENCHYMA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AERENCHYMA, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AERENCHYMA worth?
- AERENCHYMA is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AERENCHYMA mean?
- Soft plant tissue full of air spaces, found especially in water plants.
- What letters can be added to AERENCHYMA?
- AERENCHYMA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of AERENCHYMA:
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