FRUTICOSE is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. FRUTICOSE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FRUTICOSE?
| 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 FRUTICOSE is to know. It scores 14 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FRUTICOSE
No single letter turns FRUTICOSE into another word.
How FRUTICOSE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in FRUTICOSE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so FRUTICOSE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about FRUTICOSE
- All 9 letters of FRUTICOSE are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does FRUTICOSE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
botany
Resembling a shrub, with a bushy, branching form.
Botanists call a plant fruticose when it grows as a woody shrub rather than a tree or herb. Lichen experts use fruticose for lichens that grow upright or hang in branching tufts.
How FRUTICOSE is used
Used in botany and lichenology.
- The guide described the fruticose lichen on the rocks.
- A fruticose habit means the plant branches like a small bush.
- Fruticose forms hang from the old trees.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FRUTICOSE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in FRUTICOSE
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Common questions about FRUTICOSE
- Is FRUTICOSE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FRUTICOSE, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FRUTICOSE worth?
- FRUTICOSE is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FRUTICOSE mean?
- Resembling a shrub, with a bushy, branching form.
- What letters can be added to FRUTICOSE?
- No single letter can be added to FRUTICOSE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of FRUTICOSE:
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