FILOSE is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. FILOSE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FILOSE?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FILOSE is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FILOSE
No single letter turns FILOSE into another word.
How FILOSE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in FILOSE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 43,115.
What does FILOSE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
zoologybotany
Shaped like a thread or ending in a thin threadlike point.
Filose is a descriptive term from natural history, built on the Latin word for a thread. Biologists apply it to structures that taper into a fine strand, for example certain projections of a cell or tips of an organ. It is a specialist word and almost never turns up in everyday speech.
How FILOSE is used
Technical; used in biology and botany descriptions rather than in common writing.
- The specimen had a filose tip that curled at the end.
- Under the microscope the filose projections were plain to see.
- The botanist noted a filose appendage on each leaf.
- A filose outgrowth extended from the cell wall.
- The description called the antenna filose and very delicate.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FILOSE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of FILOSE
The 6 tiles of FILOSE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with FILOSE
2 longer words begin with FILOSE.
Shorter words from the letters in FILOSE
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Common questions about FILOSE
- Is FILOSE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FILOSE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FILOSE worth?
- FILOSE is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FILOSE mean?
- Shaped like a thread or ending in a thin threadlike point.
- What letters can be added to FILOSE?
- No single letter can be added to FILOSE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of FILOSE:
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