FLORUIT is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. FLORUIT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FLORUIT?
| 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: 50 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FLORUIT is to know. It scores 10 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FLORUIT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
floruitsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FLORUIT scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in FLORUIT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 192,992.
What does FLORUIT mean in Scrabble?
noun
formal
The period in which a person or movement was most active, or a Latin word meaning he or she flourished.
Historians write floruit when birth and death dates are unknown and only the active years can be guessed. It is often shortened to fl. before a date.
How FLORUIT is used
Floruit is used in biographies and reference works, usually followed by a date or span of years.
- The poet floruit around 1250, though little else is known.
- His floruit was the decade after the war.
- The catalogue gives a floruit instead of birth dates.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FLORUIT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FLORUIT
3 longer words begin with FLORUIT.
Shorter words from the letters in FLORUIT
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Common questions about FLORUIT
- Is FLORUIT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FLORUIT, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FLORUIT worth?
- FLORUIT is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FLORUIT mean?
- The period in which a person or movement was most active, or a Latin word meaning he or she flourished.
- What letters can be added to FLORUIT?
- FLORUIT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of FLORUIT:
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