CONGENEROUS is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. CONGENEROUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CONGENEROUS?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CONGENEROUS is to know. It scores 14 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CONGENEROUS
No single letter turns CONGENEROUS into another word.
How CONGENEROUS scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in CONGENEROUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CONGENEROUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CONGENEROUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technicalrare
Belonging to the same genus, or sharing the same origin or nature.
Biologists use congenerous for species grouped within one genus. Writers sometimes stretch it to things of similar kind or cause, such as related diseases. The commoner variant is congeneric.
How CONGENEROUS is used
Used in taxonomy and occasionally in formal prose for things of a kind.
- The two oak species are congenerous.
- Congenerous plants often hybridise in the wild.
- The doctor grouped the symptoms as congenerous disorders.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CONGENEROUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in CONGENEROUS
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Common questions about CONGENEROUS
- Is CONGENEROUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CONGENEROUS, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CONGENEROUS worth?
- CONGENEROUS is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CONGENEROUS mean?
- Belonging to the same genus, or sharing the same origin or nature.
- What letters can be added to CONGENEROUS?
- No single letter can be added to CONGENEROUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of CONGENEROUS:
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