FURCRAEA is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. FURCRAEA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FURCRAEA?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FURCRAEA is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FURCRAEA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
furcraeasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FURCRAEA scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in FURCRAEA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so FURCRAEA has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about FURCRAEA
- FURCRAEA runs three vowels in a row, which almost no English word does.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does FURCRAEA mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A tropical American plant with sword-shaped leaves, related to the agave.
Furcraea plants form large rosettes of stiff leaves and send up a tall spike of whitish flowers. Their fibre is used for rope and sacking. Gardeners sometimes grow a furcraea as a dramatic ornamental in dry climates.
How FURCRAEA is used
Used in botany and horticulture.
- A furcraea towered over the garden wall.
- Fibre from the furcraea was twisted into rope.
- The furcraea flowered after many years.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FURCRAEA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FURCRAEA
1 longer words begin with FURCRAEA.
Shorter words from the letters in FURCRAEA
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Common questions about FURCRAEA
- Is FURCRAEA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FURCRAEA, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FURCRAEA worth?
- FURCRAEA is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FURCRAEA mean?
- A tropical American plant with sword-shaped leaves, related to the agave.
- What letters can be added to FURCRAEA?
- FURCRAEA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of FURCRAEA:
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