ESTUARINE is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. ESTUARINE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ESTUARINE?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ESTUARINE is to know. It scores 9 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ESTUARINE
No single letter turns ESTUARINE into another word.
How ESTUARINE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in ESTUARINE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 2 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ESTUARINE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about ESTUARINE
- ESTUARINE begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ESTUARINE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Relating to or found in the wide mouth of a river where it meets the sea.
Estuarine waters mix fresh and salt, which makes them rich nursery grounds for fish. The word is applied to the habitats, the mud, and the creatures of such places.
How ESTUARINE is used
Used in ecology and geography, before nouns like habitat, water, or species.
- The estuarine marsh shelters thousands of birds.
- Many fish spend their youth in estuarine waters.
- The team sampled estuarine mud near the river mouth.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ESTUARINE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ESTUARINE
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Common questions about ESTUARINE
- Is ESTUARINE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ESTUARINE, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ESTUARINE worth?
- ESTUARINE is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ESTUARINE mean?
- Relating to or found in the wide mouth of a river where it meets the sea.
- What letters can be added to ESTUARINE?
- No single letter can be added to ESTUARINE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of ESTUARINE:
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