HORNTAIL is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. HORNTAIL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HORNTAIL?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HORNTAIL is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HORNTAIL
Front hooks — 1
thorntailBack hooks — 1
horntailsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HORNTAIL scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in HORNTAIL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HORNTAIL has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about HORNTAIL
- All 8 letters of HORNTAIL are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does HORNTAIL mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A large wasp-like insect whose female has a long, stout egg-laying tube for boring into timber.
A horntail does not sting, despite its alarming look. Its larvae tunnel through the wood of trees, and the long tube at the back of the female is used to place eggs deep inside the trunk.
How HORNTAIL is used
Horntail appears in entomology and forestry writing.
- A horntail landed on the stack of pine logs.
- The horntail looks fierce but is harmless to people.
- Foresters found horntail larvae tunnelling inside the felled tree.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HORNTAIL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HORNTAIL
1 longer words begin with HORNTAIL.
Shorter words from the letters in HORNTAIL
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Common questions about HORNTAIL
- Is HORNTAIL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HORNTAIL, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HORNTAIL worth?
- HORNTAIL is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HORNTAIL mean?
- A large wasp-like insect whose female has a long, stout egg-laying tube for boring into timber.
- What letters can be added to HORNTAIL?
- HORNTAIL takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of HORNTAIL:
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