FLOCCOSE is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. FLOCCOSE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FLOCCOSE?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FLOCCOSE is to know. It scores 15 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FLOCCOSE
No single letter turns FLOCCOSE into another word.
How FLOCCOSE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in FLOCCOSE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so FLOCCOSE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does FLOCCOSE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
botanytechnical
Covered with or made up of small woolly tufts or soft hairs.
Floccose is used by botanists and mycologists for surfaces that look as though they carry little pieces of wool. A floccose stem or leaf feels cottony rather than smooth.
How FLOCCOSE is used
Field guides to plants and fungi use floccose to describe a woolly texture.
- The mushroom cap is floccose when young.
- Under the lens the leaf looked white and floccose.
- A floccose coating covered the stem of the plant.
- The guide described the colony as floccose and cream-coloured.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FLOCCOSE and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in FLOCCOSE
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Common questions about FLOCCOSE
- Is FLOCCOSE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FLOCCOSE, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FLOCCOSE worth?
- FLOCCOSE is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FLOCCOSE mean?
- Covered with or made up of small woolly tufts or soft hairs.
- What letters can be added to FLOCCOSE?
- No single letter can be added to FLOCCOSE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of FLOCCOSE:
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