FIBROUS is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. FIBROUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FIBROUS?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FIBROUS is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FIBROUS
No single letter turns FIBROUS into another word.
How FIBROUS scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in FIBROUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 578,977.
What does FIBROUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Made of, or full of, thin strands or threads, so that the material looks or feels stringy.
Cooks call celery or old beans fibrous when the strings stay tough after chewing. Botanists and builders use the same adjective for roots, bark and plant matter that can be pulled apart into long threads.
How FIBROUS is used
Describes food, plant parts, tissue and materials that are stringy or thread-like in structure.
- The fibrous stalks of the plant were twisted into rope.
- This cut of meat is too fibrous to grill quickly.
- A fibrous root system holds the soil of the bank together.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FIBROUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FIBROUS
3 longer words begin with FIBROUS.
Shorter words from the letters in FIBROUS
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Common questions about FIBROUS
- Is FIBROUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FIBROUS, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FIBROUS worth?
- FIBROUS is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FIBROUS mean?
- Made of, or full of, thin strands or threads, so that the material looks or feels stringy.
- What letters can be added to FIBROUS?
- No single letter can be added to FIBROUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of FIBROUS:
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