FLORIBUNDA is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. FLORIBUNDA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FLORIBUNDA?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FLORIBUNDA is to know. It scores 16 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FLORIBUNDA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
floribundasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FLORIBUNDA scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in FLORIBUNDA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so FLORIBUNDA has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about FLORIBUNDA
- All 10 letters of FLORIBUNDA are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does FLORIBUNDA mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A type of bush rose that bears many flowers in large clusters, bred from crosses of polyantha and tea roses.
Gardeners plant a floribunda for its generous display, since it blooms in waves through the summer. It is hardier and more cluster-like than the single-stemmed hybrid tea rose.
How FLORIBUNDA is used
The word floribunda is used in gardening and rose catalogues.
- A pink floribunda grew beside the garden gate.
- The nursery sells every floribunda in the pot.
- She pruned the floribunda hard in early spring.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FLORIBUNDA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FLORIBUNDA
1 longer words begin with FLORIBUNDA.
Shorter words from the letters in FLORIBUNDA
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Common questions about FLORIBUNDA
- Is FLORIBUNDA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FLORIBUNDA, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FLORIBUNDA worth?
- FLORIBUNDA is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FLORIBUNDA mean?
- A type of bush rose that bears many flowers in large clusters, bred from crosses of polyantha and tea roses.
- What letters can be added to FLORIBUNDA?
- FLORIBUNDA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of FLORIBUNDA:
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