GERMEN is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. GERMEN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GERMEN?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GERMEN is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GERMEN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
germensChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GERMEN scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in GERMEN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 83,618.
What does GERMEN mean in Scrabble?
noun
botanyarchaic
The seed-bearing part at the base of a flower's pistil, or, more loosely, the first beginning of something.
Germen is an older botanical term for what is now usually called the ovary of a flower. Early writers on plants used it that way, and poets stretched it to mean the seed from which an idea or a feeling might grow. It is the Latin word for a sprout or bud, and it is closely related to germ. Modern readers will mostly meet it in old herbals and in literary passages about origins.
How GERMEN is used
Archaic or literary; current botany prefers the word ovary.
- The germen swells slowly as the petals fall away.
- In the old herbal, the germen is described as green and three-sided.
- The poet saw in that small quarrel the germen of a war.
- Each germen later ripens into a dry capsule.
- A germen of doubt had already taken root in his mind.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GERMEN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GERMEN
1 longer words begin with GERMEN.
Shorter words from the letters in GERMEN
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Common questions about GERMEN
- Is GERMEN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GERMEN, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GERMEN worth?
- GERMEN is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GERMEN mean?
- The seed-bearing part at the base of a flower's pistil, or, more loosely, the first beginning of something.
- What letters can be added to GERMEN?
- GERMEN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of GERMEN:
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