FERMENTOR is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. FERMENTOR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FERMENTOR?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FERMENTOR is to know. It scores 14 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FERMENTOR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
fermentorsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FERMENTOR scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in FERMENTOR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so FERMENTOR has to be built on the board across turns.
What does FERMENTOR mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A vessel in which fermentation is carried out, or an organism that brings it about.
Breweries and laboratories keep their yeast busy inside a fermentor with controlled temperature. The word can also mean the microbe itself doing the work. The spelling fermenter is the more usual form in many places.
How FERMENTOR is used
Fermentor is used in brewing, industry and microbiology for the tank or the organism behind fermentation.
- The brewer cleaned the steel fermentor before the next batch.
- Yeast is the main fermentor in beer making.
- Scientists scaled up the process in a large fermentor.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FERMENTOR and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FERMENTOR
1 longer words begin with FERMENTOR.
Shorter words from the letters in FERMENTOR
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Common questions about FERMENTOR
- Is FERMENTOR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FERMENTOR, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FERMENTOR worth?
- FERMENTOR is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FERMENTOR mean?
- A vessel in which fermentation is carried out, or an organism that brings it about.
- What letters can be added to FERMENTOR?
- FERMENTOR takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of FERMENTOR:
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