CARPELLARY is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. CARPELLARY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CARPELLARY?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CARPELLARY is to know. It scores 17 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CARPELLARY
No single letter turns CARPELLARY into another word.
How CARPELLARY scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in CARPELLARY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CARPELLARY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CARPELLARY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
botany
Belonging to, forming or containing a carpel, the female part of a flower.
Botanists use carpellary when describing flower structure, for example a carpellary leaf that folds to enclose the ovules. It is a narrow technical term that you will not hear outside plant science.
How CARPELLARY is used
Found in botany textbooks and papers on flower anatomy.
- The carpellary tissue develops into the fruit wall.
- A carpellary structure was visible under the microscope.
- They traced the carpellary origin of the ovary.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CARPELLARY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in CARPELLARY
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Common questions about CARPELLARY
- Is CARPELLARY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CARPELLARY, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CARPELLARY worth?
- CARPELLARY is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CARPELLARY mean?
- Belonging to, forming or containing a carpel, the female part of a flower.
- What letters can be added to CARPELLARY?
- No single letter can be added to CARPELLARY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of CARPELLARY:
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