CULTIVAR is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. CULTIVAR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CULTIVAR?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CULTIVAR is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CULTIVAR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cultivarsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CULTIVAR scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in CULTIVAR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CULTIVAR has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about CULTIVAR
- All 8 letters of CULTIVAR are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does CULTIVAR mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A plant variety produced and kept going through deliberate breeding and cultivation.
Gardeners buy a named cultivar to get dependable colour, size or flavour, which wild plants may not give. Unlike a natural species, it is kept true by growers, often through cuttings or grafting.
How CULTIVAR is used
Used in horticulture and in plant names, where the cultivar name appears in quotation marks.
- This apple cultivar keeps well through winter.
- The nursery sells a dwarf cultivar of lavender.
- Each new cultivar is tested for several seasons.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CULTIVAR and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CULTIVAR
The 8 tiles of CULTIVAR in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with CULTIVAR
1 longer words begin with CULTIVAR.
Shorter words from the letters in CULTIVAR
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Common questions about CULTIVAR
- Is CULTIVAR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CULTIVAR, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CULTIVAR worth?
- CULTIVAR is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CULTIVAR mean?
- A plant variety produced and kept going through deliberate breeding and cultivation.
- What letters can be added to CULTIVAR?
- CULTIVAR takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of CULTIVAR:
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