CAMELLIA is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. CAMELLIA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CAMELLIA?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CAMELLIA is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CAMELLIA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
camelliasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CAMELLIA scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in CAMELLIA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CAMELLIA has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CAMELLIA mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
An evergreen shrub from East Asia with glossy leaves and showy white, pink or red flowers, related to the tea plant.
Camellias flower in late winter or early spring, when little else in the garden is in bloom. The tea plant itself belongs to the same genus.
How CAMELLIA is used
Used in gardening for the shrub and its flower.
- The camellia by the porch opened its first red flowers in February.
- She pinned a white camellia to her coat.
- Camellia bushes prefer acid soil and some shade.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CAMELLIA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CAMELLIA
1 longer words begin with CAMELLIA.
Shorter words from the letters in CAMELLIA
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Common questions about CAMELLIA
- Is CAMELLIA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CAMELLIA, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CAMELLIA worth?
- CAMELLIA is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CAMELLIA mean?
- An evergreen shrub from East Asia with glossy leaves and showy white, pink or red flowers, related to the tea plant.
- What letters can be added to CAMELLIA?
- CAMELLIA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of CAMELLIA:
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