FRUSTULE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. FRUSTULE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FRUSTULE?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FRUSTULE is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FRUSTULE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
frustulesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FRUSTULE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in FRUSTULE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so FRUSTULE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does FRUSTULE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The hard glassy cell wall of a diatom, made of two overlapping halves.
Under a microscope a frustule looks like a tiny decorated pillbox, and its patterns are used to tell diatom species apart. Layers of dead frustule material build up on sea floors and form diatomaceous earth.
How FRUSTULE is used
Frustule is a specialist term from microscopy and algae science.
- The student sketched a single frustule under high magnification.
- Fine ridges ran across the surface of the frustule.
- Silica from the frustule remains long after the cell dies.
- Every frustule in the sample had split into its two halves.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FRUSTULE and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of FRUSTULE
The 8 tiles of FRUSTULE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with FRUSTULE
1 longer words begin with FRUSTULE.
Shorter words from the letters in FRUSTULE
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Common questions about FRUSTULE
- Is FRUSTULE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FRUSTULE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FRUSTULE worth?
- FRUSTULE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FRUSTULE mean?
- The hard glassy cell wall of a diatom, made of two overlapping halves.
- What letters can be added to FRUSTULE?
- FRUSTULE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of FRUSTULE:
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