AUCUBA is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. AUCUBA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AUCUBA?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AUCUBA is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AUCUBA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
aucubasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How AUCUBA scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in AUCUBA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,380 thousand.
What stands out about AUCUBA
- AUCUBA 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 AUCUBA mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
An evergreen shrub from Japan with glossy leaves, often speckled with yellow, grown in gardens for shade.
The aucuba tolerates deep shade, city smoke and poor soil, which made it a favourite in Victorian town gardens and still makes it a useful plant under trees. Female plants carry bright red berries if a male plant grows nearby. The name comes from the Japanese aokiba, and the speckled kind is nicknamed the spotted laurel.
How AUCUBA is used
Gardening and botanical word; the spotted forms are the best known.
- An aucuba filled the dark corner by the wall.
- The aucuba produced red berries in the autumn.
- She clipped the aucuba back after the frost.
- Gold-speckled aucuba leaves brightened the shady border.
- Few shrubs besides the aucuba grow well under that tree.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AUCUBA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with AUCUBA
1 longer words begin with AUCUBA.
Shorter words from the letters in AUCUBA
Common questions about AUCUBA
- Is AUCUBA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AUCUBA, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AUCUBA worth?
- AUCUBA is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AUCUBA mean?
- An evergreen shrub from Japan with glossy leaves, often speckled with yellow, grown in gardens for shade.
- What letters can be added to AUCUBA?
- AUCUBA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of AUCUBA:
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