GRANUM is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. GRANUM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GRANUM?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GRANUM is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GRANUM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
granumsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GRANUM scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in GRANUM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 153,299.
What does GRANUM mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A stack of flattened, disc-like membrane sacs inside a plant chloroplast, where the light reactions of photosynthesis occur.
Each granum looks like a pile of coins under an electron microscope, and the chloroplast contains many of them joined by thin lamellae. The plural is grana. The word is Latin for grain, chosen by early microscopists who saw tiny dots in green plant cells.
How GRANUM is used
Botanical and cell biology term; plural grana.
- A granum is made of stacked thylakoid discs.
- Chlorophyll sits in the membranes of each granum.
- The chloroplast held dozens of grana, and each granum was linked to the next.
- Light energy is first captured in the granum.
- The student drew a granum on the diagram.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GRANUM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GRANUM
1 longer words begin with GRANUM.
Shorter words from the letters in GRANUM
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Common questions about GRANUM
- Is GRANUM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GRANUM, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GRANUM worth?
- GRANUM is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GRANUM mean?
- A stack of flattened, disc-like membrane sacs inside a plant chloroplast, where the light reactions of photosynthesis occur.
- What letters can be added to GRANUM?
- GRANUM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of GRANUM:
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