HELICONIA is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. HELICONIA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HELICONIA?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HELICONIA is to know. It scores 14 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HELICONIA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
heliconiasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HELICONIA scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in HELICONIA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HELICONIA has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HELICONIA mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A tropical plant with large leaves and showy, brightly coloured bracts that look like flowers.
Heliconia is grown in warm gardens and sold as a cut flower for its bold red, orange and yellow spikes. The colourful parts are bracts, and the real flowers are small and tucked inside. Hummingbirds in tropical America visit heliconia for nectar.
How HELICONIA is used
Heliconia is used by gardeners and florists, and in botany for the genus.
- A tall heliconia bloomed beside the veranda.
- The florist filled the vase with red heliconia.
- Hummingbirds fed on the heliconia all morning.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HELICONIA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HELICONIA
1 longer words begin with HELICONIA.
Shorter words from the letters in HELICONIA
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Common questions about HELICONIA
- Is HELICONIA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HELICONIA, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HELICONIA worth?
- HELICONIA is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HELICONIA mean?
- A tropical plant with large leaves and showy, brightly coloured bracts that look like flowers.
- What letters can be added to HELICONIA?
- HELICONIA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of HELICONIA:
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