BEARDTONGUE is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. BEARDTONGUE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BEARDTONGUE?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BEARDTONGUE is to know. It scores 15 from 11 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BEARDTONGUE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
beardtonguesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BEARDTONGUE scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in BEARDTONGUE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BEARDTONGUE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does BEARDTONGUE mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A North American wildflower of the genus Penstemon with tubular, often brightly coloured flowers.
The beardtongue gets its name from a hairy sterile stamen that sticks out of the flower like a small tongue. Gardeners grow it for its tall spikes of blooms, which attract bees and hummingbirds.
How BEARDTONGUE is used
Beardtongue is the common name for penstemon in gardening and botany.
- A pink beardtongue bloomed beside the rocky trail.
- Hummingbirds visit the beardtongue all summer.
- She planted a bed of beardtongue along the fence.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BEARDTONGUE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BEARDTONGUE
1 longer words begin with BEARDTONGUE.
Shorter words from the letters in BEARDTONGUE
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Common questions about BEARDTONGUE
- Is BEARDTONGUE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BEARDTONGUE, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BEARDTONGUE worth?
- BEARDTONGUE is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BEARDTONGUE mean?
- A North American wildflower of the genus Penstemon with tubular, often brightly coloured flowers.
- What letters can be added to BEARDTONGUE?
- BEARDTONGUE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of BEARDTONGUE:
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