FRONDOSE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. FRONDOSE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FRONDOSE?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FRONDOSE is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FRONDOSE
No single letter turns FRONDOSE into another word.
How FRONDOSE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in FRONDOSE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so FRONDOSE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does FRONDOSE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
botany
Bearing fronds, or resembling a frond; leafy.
Frondose is used in botany for plants such as ferns and palms that carry large divided leaves. It can also mean a plant body that is flat and leaf-like and not clearly divided into stem and leaf.
How FRONDOSE is used
A technical word used in botany and descriptions of seaweeds and lichens.
- The frondose seaweed floated in the tidal pool.
- A frondose lichen clung to the rock face.
- Ferns are typical frondose plants of the forest floor.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FRONDOSE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in FRONDOSE
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Common questions about FRONDOSE
- Is FRONDOSE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FRONDOSE, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FRONDOSE worth?
- FRONDOSE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FRONDOSE mean?
- Bearing fronds, or resembling a frond; leafy.
- What letters can be added to FRONDOSE?
- No single letter can be added to FRONDOSE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of FRONDOSE:
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