ALGAROBA is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. ALGAROBA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ALGAROBA?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ALGAROBA is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ALGAROBA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
algarobasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ALGAROBA scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ALGAROBA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 3 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ALGAROBA has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about ALGAROBA
- ALGAROBA 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 ALGAROBA mean in Scrabble?
noun
The carob tree, or the sweet bean pod it bears; also certain mesquite trees of the Americas.
The algaroba pod is sweet and can be ground into a flour or used as cattle feed. The name came to Spanish from Arabic. In Hawaii the algaroba is a common mesquite.
How ALGAROBA is used
Algaroba is found in botanical and food writing, with algarroba as a variant spelling.
- The algaroba tree shaded the dry hillside.
- Goats chewed the fallen algaroba pods.
- Honey from algaroba blossoms is pale and sweet.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ALGAROBA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ALGAROBA
1 longer words begin with ALGAROBA.
Shorter words from the letters in ALGAROBA
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Common questions about ALGAROBA
- Is ALGAROBA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ALGAROBA, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ALGAROBA worth?
- ALGAROBA is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ALGAROBA mean?
- The carob tree, or the sweet bean pod it bears; also certain mesquite trees of the Americas.
- What letters can be added to ALGAROBA?
- ALGAROBA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ALGAROBA:
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