FILAMENTARY is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. FILAMENTARY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FILAMENTARY?
| 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 FILAMENTARY is to know. It scores 19 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FILAMENTARY
No single letter turns FILAMENTARY into another word.
How FILAMENTARY scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in FILAMENTARY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so FILAMENTARY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does FILAMENTARY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Shaped like, or made of, fine threads.
Filamentary describes anything stringy and thin, from fungal threads to cosmic structures. Astronomers use it for long strands of gas that link galaxies.
How FILAMENTARY is used
Filamentary is used in biology, physics and astronomy.
- The mould spread in a filamentary web.
- Filamentary clouds of gas stretched across the image.
- The alga has a filamentary body.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FILAMENTARY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in FILAMENTARY
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Common questions about FILAMENTARY
- Is FILAMENTARY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FILAMENTARY, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FILAMENTARY worth?
- FILAMENTARY is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FILAMENTARY mean?
- Shaped like, or made of, fine threads.
- What letters can be added to FILAMENTARY?
- No single letter can be added to FILAMENTARY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of FILAMENTARY:
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