DORONICUM is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. DORONICUM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DORONICUM?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DORONICUM is to know. It scores 14 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DORONICUM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
doronicumsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DORONICUM scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in DORONICUM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DORONICUM has to be built on the board across turns.
What does DORONICUM mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A genus of Eurasian perennial plants with yellow daisy-like flowers, grown in gardens as leopard's bane.
Gardeners value doronicum for its early spring blooms, which brighten borders before most daisies appear. The plants die back in summer heat, so they are often planted among later-growing perennials.
How DORONICUM is used
A plant name used in gardening catalogues and botany.
- The doronicum flowered in April beside the daffodils.
- We planted a clump of doronicum under the apple tree.
- Doronicum prefers cool, lightly shaded soil.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DORONICUM and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DORONICUM
1 longer words begin with DORONICUM.
Shorter words from the letters in DORONICUM
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Common questions about DORONICUM
- Is DORONICUM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DORONICUM, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DORONICUM worth?
- DORONICUM is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DORONICUM mean?
- A genus of Eurasian perennial plants with yellow daisy-like flowers, grown in gardens as leopard's bane.
- What letters can be added to DORONICUM?
- DORONICUM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of DORONICUM:
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