FLORIFEROUS is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. FLORIFEROUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FLORIFEROUS?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FLORIFEROUS is to know. It scores 17 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FLORIFEROUS
No single letter turns FLORIFEROUS into another word.
How FLORIFEROUS scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in FLORIFEROUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 2 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so FLORIFEROUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does FLORIFEROUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
botany
Bearing flowers, especially in great numbers.
Gardeners call a plant floriferous when it blooms freely over a long season. The word floriferous is a precise, slightly learned alternative to flowering.
How FLORIFEROUS is used
Floriferous is used in gardening and botany catalogues.
- The nursery recommended a floriferous climbing rose.
- This floriferous shrub blooms from spring to autumn.
- A floriferous border brightened the whole path.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FLORIFEROUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FLORIFEROUS
1 longer words begin with FLORIFEROUS.
Shorter words from the letters in FLORIFEROUS
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Common questions about FLORIFEROUS
- Is FLORIFEROUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FLORIFEROUS, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FLORIFEROUS worth?
- FLORIFEROUS is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FLORIFEROUS mean?
- Bearing flowers, especially in great numbers.
- What letters can be added to FLORIFEROUS?
- No single letter can be added to FLORIFEROUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of FLORIFEROUS:
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