ALGARROBA is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. ALGARROBA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ALGARROBA?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ALGARROBA is to know. It scores 12 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ALGARROBA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
algarrobasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ALGARROBA scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in ALGARROBA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 3 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ALGARROBA has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about ALGARROBA
- ALGARROBA 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 ALGARROBA mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
The carob tree of the Mediterranean, or its sweet edible pod.
Algarroba comes from Arabic through Spanish and names the carob and its pods, once fed to animals and now used as a chocolate substitute. In the Americas the same word is also used for certain mesquite trees.
How ALGARROBA is used
Algarroba is used in botany and food writing, with carob the usual English word.
- The algarroba shaded the whole courtyard.
- Sweet algarroba pods were ground into flour.
- Horses were once fed algarroba in dry seasons.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ALGARROBA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ALGARROBA
1 longer words begin with ALGARROBA.
Shorter words from the letters in ALGARROBA
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Common questions about ALGARROBA
- Is ALGARROBA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ALGARROBA, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ALGARROBA worth?
- ALGARROBA is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ALGARROBA mean?
- The carob tree of the Mediterranean, or its sweet edible pod.
- What letters can be added to ALGARROBA?
- ALGARROBA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of ALGARROBA:
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