HAUSTELLUM is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. HAUSTELLUM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HAUSTELLUM?
| 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: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HAUSTELLUM is to know. It scores 15 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HAUSTELLUM
No single letter turns HAUSTELLUM into another word.
How HAUSTELLUM scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in HAUSTELLUM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HAUSTELLUM has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HAUSTELLUM mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoologytechnical
The sucking mouthpart of certain insects, used to draw up liquid food.
Entomologists use haustellum for the tube-like proboscis found in flies, butterflies and similar insects. Its shape differs widely between species, depending on whether the insect sips nectar or feeds on blood.
How HAUSTELLUM is used
Haustellum is a specialist term in insect anatomy and rarely appears outside biology texts.
- Under the microscope the haustellum of the moth was neatly coiled.
- The fly lowered its haustellum onto the sugar crystal.
- A drawing of the haustellum helped students see how it feeds.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HAUSTELLUM and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in HAUSTELLUM
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Common questions about HAUSTELLUM
- Is HAUSTELLUM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HAUSTELLUM, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HAUSTELLUM worth?
- HAUSTELLUM is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HAUSTELLUM mean?
- The sucking mouthpart of certain insects, used to draw up liquid food.
- What letters can be added to HAUSTELLUM?
- No single letter can be added to HAUSTELLUM to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of HAUSTELLUM:
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