DENUDATION is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. DENUDATION is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DENUDATION?
| 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 DENUDATION is to know. It scores 12 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DENUDATION
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
denudationsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DENUDATION scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in DENUDATION, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 2 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DENUDATION has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about DENUDATION
- DENUDATION contains every vowel — A, E, I, O and U.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does DENUDATION mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The stripping away of a covering, especially the wearing away of land and rock by water, wind or ice.
In geology, denudation exposes the older rock below by removing soil and layers above. The word is also used more generally for forests cleared from a hillside.
How DENUDATION is used
Mainly a term of geology and ecology, also used for deforestation.
- Centuries of denudation left the hills bare.
- Rain and wind drive the denudation of the plateau.
- Logging caused the denudation of the whole valley slope.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DENUDATION and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DENUDATION
1 longer words begin with DENUDATION.
Shorter words from the letters in DENUDATION
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Common questions about DENUDATION
- Is DENUDATION valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DENUDATION, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DENUDATION worth?
- DENUDATION is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DENUDATION mean?
- The stripping away of a covering, especially the wearing away of land and rock by water, wind or ice.
- What letters can be added to DENUDATION?
- DENUDATION takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of DENUDATION:
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