COLLENCHYMA is a valid Scrabble word — 23 points
Yes. COLLENCHYMA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 23 points in Scrabble and 27 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COLLENCHYMA?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COLLENCHYMA is to know. It scores 23 from 11 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COLLENCHYMA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
collenchymasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How COLLENCHYMA scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in COLLENCHYMA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so COLLENCHYMA has to be built on the board across turns.
What does COLLENCHYMA mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A plant tissue of living cells with unevenly thickened walls that supports young growing parts.
Collenchyma gives celery stalks their stringy strength while still letting them stretch as they grow. It differs from sclerenchyma, whose cells are dead and rigid.
How COLLENCHYMA is used
Collenchyma is a botany term found in plant anatomy lessons.
- Strings in celery are bundles of collenchyma.
- The collenchyma supports the stem without stopping growth.
- Students stained a thin slice to see the collenchyma.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COLLENCHYMA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with COLLENCHYMA
3 longer words begin with COLLENCHYMA.
Shorter words from the letters in COLLENCHYMA
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Common questions about COLLENCHYMA
- Is COLLENCHYMA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COLLENCHYMA, where it scores 27 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COLLENCHYMA worth?
- COLLENCHYMA is worth 23 points in Scrabble and 27 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COLLENCHYMA mean?
- A plant tissue of living cells with unevenly thickened walls that supports young growing parts.
- What letters can be added to COLLENCHYMA?
- COLLENCHYMA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of COLLENCHYMA:
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