CRYPTOMERIA is a valid Scrabble word — 20 points
Yes. CRYPTOMERIA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 20 points in Scrabble and 22 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CRYPTOMERIA?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CRYPTOMERIA is to know. It scores 20 from 11 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CRYPTOMERIA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cryptomeriasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CRYPTOMERIA scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in CRYPTOMERIA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CRYPTOMERIA has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CRYPTOMERIA mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A tall evergreen conifer from Japan and China, valued for its timber and often called Japanese cedar.
The cryptomeria has soft, awl-shaped needles that spiral round its shoots and small round cones. In Japan it is the main plantation tree, and in gardens elsewhere it is grown for its dense, feathery foliage.
How CRYPTOMERIA is used
Used in gardening, forestry and botanical writing.
- A row of cryptomeria lined the path to the shrine.
- The cryptomeria in the garden turned bronze in winter.
- Japanese builders have long prized cryptomeria wood.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CRYPTOMERIA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CRYPTOMERIA
The 11 tiles of CRYPTOMERIA in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with CRYPTOMERIA
1 longer words begin with CRYPTOMERIA.
Shorter words from the letters in CRYPTOMERIA
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Common questions about CRYPTOMERIA
- Is CRYPTOMERIA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CRYPTOMERIA, where it scores 22 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CRYPTOMERIA worth?
- CRYPTOMERIA is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CRYPTOMERIA mean?
- A tall evergreen conifer from Japan and China, valued for its timber and often called Japanese cedar.
- What letters can be added to CRYPTOMERIA?
- CRYPTOMERIA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of CRYPTOMERIA:
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