HAUSTORIAL is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. HAUSTORIAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HAUSTORIAL?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HAUSTORIAL is to know. It scores 13 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HAUSTORIAL
No single letter turns HAUSTORIAL into another word.
How HAUSTORIAL scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in HAUSTORIAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HAUSTORIAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HAUSTORIAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
botany
Relating to a haustorium, the rootlike organ a parasitic plant or fungus uses to draw nutrients from its host.
Mistletoe and many fungi rely on haustorial structures to tap into host tissue. A haustorial attachment is therefore the point where the parasite actually feeds.
How HAUSTORIAL is used
Specialist biology word describing parasite feeding organs.
- The parasite sent haustorial threads into the host stem.
- Researchers studied the haustorial growth of the fungus.
- A haustorial connection formed within a few days.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HAUSTORIAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in HAUSTORIAL
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Common questions about HAUSTORIAL
- Is HAUSTORIAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HAUSTORIAL, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HAUSTORIAL worth?
- HAUSTORIAL is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HAUSTORIAL mean?
- Relating to a haustorium, the rootlike organ a parasitic plant or fungus uses to draw nutrients from its host.
- What letters can be added to HAUSTORIAL?
- No single letter can be added to HAUSTORIAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of HAUSTORIAL:
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