COLEOPTILE is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. COLEOPTILE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COLEOPTILE?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COLEOPTILE is to know. It scores 14 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COLEOPTILE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
coleoptilesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How COLEOPTILE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in COLEOPTILE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so COLEOPTILE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does COLEOPTILE mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
The protective sheath that covers the first shoot of a germinating grass or cereal seedling.
As an oat or wheat seedling pushes up through soil, the coleoptile shields the tender leaf inside. Plant scientists have long studied it to understand how shoots bend toward light.
How COLEOPTILE is used
The word coleoptile is a botanical term for the sheath of young grass shoots.
- The coleoptile broke through the soil before the first leaf appeared.
- Students measured how a coleoptile bends toward a lamp.
- The tip of the coleoptile senses light and signals the stem below.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COLEOPTILE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with COLEOPTILE
1 longer words begin with COLEOPTILE.
Shorter words from the letters in COLEOPTILE
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Common questions about COLEOPTILE
- Is COLEOPTILE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COLEOPTILE, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COLEOPTILE worth?
- COLEOPTILE is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COLEOPTILE mean?
- The protective sheath that covers the first shoot of a germinating grass or cereal seedling.
- What letters can be added to COLEOPTILE?
- COLEOPTILE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of COLEOPTILE:
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