DROSERA is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. DROSERA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DROSERA?
| 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: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DROSERA is to know. It scores 8 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DROSERA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
droserasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DROSERA scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in DROSERA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 77,197.
What does DROSERA mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A genus of small bog plants whose sticky, hair-covered leaves trap and digest insects.
Growers who buy a drosera usually want the glistening dew-like droplets on its leaves. The plant gets extra nitrogen from its prey because bog soil is poor in nutrients.
How DROSERA is used
Drosera is the botanical name, while gardeners more often say sundew in everyday talk.
- A tiny drosera glittered with sticky droplets beside the peat pool.
- She kept a drosera on the windowsill to catch fruit flies.
- The botanist knelt to photograph a drosera curling its leaf around a gnat.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DROSERA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DROSERA
The 7 tiles of DROSERA in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with DROSERA
2 longer words begin with DROSERA.
Shorter words from the letters in DROSERA
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Common questions about DROSERA
- Is DROSERA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DROSERA, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DROSERA worth?
- DROSERA is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DROSERA mean?
- A genus of small bog plants whose sticky, hair-covered leaves trap and digest insects.
- What letters can be added to DROSERA?
- DROSERA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of DROSERA:
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