FERRIFEROUS is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. FERRIFEROUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FERRIFEROUS?
| 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 FERRIFEROUS is to know. It scores 17 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FERRIFEROUS
No single letter turns FERRIFEROUS into another word.
How FERRIFEROUS scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in FERRIFEROUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 2 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 3 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so FERRIFEROUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does FERRIFEROUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Containing or yielding iron.
Geologists call rock or soil ferriferous when it holds iron compounds or ore worth extracting. The word ferriferous combines the Latin for iron with a suffix meaning bearing.
How FERRIFEROUS is used
Ferriferous is a technical word from geology and mining.
- The hills are rich in ferriferous rock.
- Miners dug into a ferriferous seam near the river.
- The ferriferous soil gave the fields a rusty red colour.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FERRIFEROUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in FERRIFEROUS
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Common questions about FERRIFEROUS
- Is FERRIFEROUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FERRIFEROUS, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FERRIFEROUS worth?
- FERRIFEROUS is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FERRIFEROUS mean?
- Containing or yielding iron.
- What letters can be added to FERRIFEROUS?
- No single letter can be added to FERRIFEROUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of FERRIFEROUS:
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