FORAMINOUS is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. FORAMINOUS 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 FORAMINOUS?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FORAMINOUS is to know. It scores 15 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FORAMINOUS
No single letter turns FORAMINOUS into another word.
How FORAMINOUS scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in FORAMINOUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so FORAMINOUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does FORAMINOUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
raretechnical
Full of small holes or openings, like a sponge or a perforated plate.
Foraminous material lets liquids and air pass through its tiny openings. The word comes from foramen, the anatomical term for a hole in bone.
How FORAMINOUS is used
A rare scientific word for porous or perforated surfaces.
- The foraminous rock soaked up water like a sponge.
- A foraminous screen kept the coarse grit out of the pump.
- Bone near the joint looked foraminous under the microscope.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FORAMINOUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in FORAMINOUS
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Common questions about FORAMINOUS
- Is FORAMINOUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FORAMINOUS, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FORAMINOUS worth?
- FORAMINOUS is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FORAMINOUS mean?
- Full of small holes or openings, like a sponge or a perforated plate.
- What letters can be added to FORAMINOUS?
- No single letter can be added to FORAMINOUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of FORAMINOUS:
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