BOTANY is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. BOTANY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BOTANY?
| 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 BOTANY is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BOTANY
No single letter turns BOTANY into another word.
How BOTANY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BOTANY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 114,974.
What does BOTANY mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The scientific study of plants, including their structure, growth, classification and ecology.
Botany covers everything from the cells of a leaf to the way forests change over centuries. A botanist might name new species, trace how crops were bred or study how plants cope with drought. The word comes from the Greek botane, meaning plant or fodder, and it is one of the oldest branches of natural science.
How BOTANY is used
Names an academic subject; the person who practises it is a botanist.
- She studied botany at university before turning to forestry.
- The course in botany began with ferns and mosses.
- A love of botany filled his notebooks with pressed flowers.
- Modern botany relies heavily on genetics.
- The professor of botany led the walk through the meadow.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BOTANY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in BOTANY
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Common questions about BOTANY
- Is BOTANY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BOTANY, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BOTANY worth?
- BOTANY is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BOTANY mean?
- The scientific study of plants, including their structure, growth, classification and ecology.
- What letters can be added to BOTANY?
- No single letter can be added to BOTANY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BOTANY:
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