HELLEBORE is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. HELLEBORE 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 HELLEBORE?
| 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 HELLEBORE is to know. It scores 14 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HELLEBORE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
helleboresChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HELLEBORE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in HELLEBORE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 3 | 12 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HELLEBORE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HELLEBORE mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A poisonous early-flowering plant of the buttercup family, with divided leaves and nodding white, green or purplish flowers.
Gardeners value the hellebore because it blooms in winter or early spring when little else does. All parts are toxic, so it is usually left alone by grazing animals. The old herbal tradition treated hellebore as a powerful, and risky, medicine.
How HELLEBORE is used
Hellebore is used in gardening and in writing about old herbal remedies.
- The hellebore flowered under the bare trees in February.
- Plant a hellebore in shade where it can stay undisturbed.
- Hellebore is poisonous and should be kept away from pets.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HELLEBORE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HELLEBORE
1 longer words begin with HELLEBORE.
Shorter words from the letters in HELLEBORE
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Common questions about HELLEBORE
- Is HELLEBORE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HELLEBORE, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HELLEBORE worth?
- HELLEBORE is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HELLEBORE mean?
- A poisonous early-flowering plant of the buttercup family, with divided leaves and nodding white, green or purplish flowers.
- What letters can be added to HELLEBORE?
- HELLEBORE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of HELLEBORE:
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