COMMENSAL is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. COMMENSAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COMMENSAL?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COMMENSAL is to know. It scores 15 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COMMENSAL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
commensalsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How COMMENSAL scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in COMMENSAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| m | 2 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so COMMENSAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does COMMENSAL mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
An organism that lives with or on another and benefits without harming it.
A commensal shares a host's food or shelter yet does not feed on the host, which separates it from a parasite. Many harmless bacteria in the gut are commensal partners, and the older sense meant one who eats at the same table.
How COMMENSAL is used
Used in biology for species in close association where only one gains, and as an adjective.
- Barnacles on a whale are a classic commensal.
- Most gut bacteria live as a commensal and cause no harm.
- The small fish acts as a commensal beside the shark.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COMMENSAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with COMMENSAL
6 longer words begin with COMMENSAL.
Shorter words from the letters in COMMENSAL
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Common questions about COMMENSAL
- Is COMMENSAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COMMENSAL, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COMMENSAL worth?
- COMMENSAL is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COMMENSAL mean?
- An organism that lives with or on another and benefits without harming it.
- What letters can be added to COMMENSAL?
- COMMENSAL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of COMMENSAL:
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