FARINOSE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. FARINOSE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FARINOSE?
| 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 FARINOSE is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FARINOSE
No single letter turns FARINOSE into another word.
How FARINOSE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in FARINOSE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so FARINOSE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about FARINOSE
- All 8 letters of FARINOSE are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does FARINOSE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
botanytechnical
Covered with a fine, mealy white powder, or resembling or yielding flour.
Botanists call a leaf or stem farinose when it looks dusted with flour. The word links back to farina, the fine meal from grain, and is related to the more common farinaceous.
How FARINOSE is used
A technical term in botany and zoology for surfaces with a powdery coating.
- The primrose leaves are farinose on their undersides.
- Look for the farinose coating that rubs off on your fingers.
- Moths of this kind have a pale farinose look.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FARINOSE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FARINOSE
1 longer words begin with FARINOSE.
Shorter words from the letters in FARINOSE
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Common questions about FARINOSE
- Is FARINOSE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FARINOSE, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FARINOSE worth?
- FARINOSE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FARINOSE mean?
- Covered with a fine, mealy white powder, or resembling or yielding flour.
- What letters can be added to FARINOSE?
- No single letter can be added to FARINOSE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of FARINOSE:
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