GRAMINEOUS is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. GRAMINEOUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GRAMINEOUS?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GRAMINEOUS is to know. It scores 13 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GRAMINEOUS
No single letter turns GRAMINEOUS into another word.
How GRAMINEOUS scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in GRAMINEOUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so GRAMINEOUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about GRAMINEOUS
- All 10 letters of GRAMINEOUS are different — nothing repeats.
- GRAMINEOUS runs three vowels in a row, which almost no English word does.
- GRAMINEOUS contains every vowel — A, E, I, O and U.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does GRAMINEOUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
botanyrare
Belonging to the grass family or resembling grass.
Botanists apply gramineous to wheat, bamboo and lawn species alike, since all are true grasses. Outside plant science it is rare enough that most readers have to look it up.
How GRAMINEOUS is used
Rare botanical word; a gramineous plant is simply a grass.
- The meadow was thick with gramineous plants.
- Rice is a gramineous crop grown across much of Asia.
- The old herbal listed a gramineous weed among its entries.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GRAMINEOUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in GRAMINEOUS
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Common questions about GRAMINEOUS
- Is GRAMINEOUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GRAMINEOUS, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GRAMINEOUS worth?
- GRAMINEOUS is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GRAMINEOUS mean?
- Belonging to the grass family or resembling grass.
- What letters can be added to GRAMINEOUS?
- No single letter can be added to GRAMINEOUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of GRAMINEOUS:
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