HYMENIAL is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. HYMENIAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HYMENIAL?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HYMENIAL is to know. It scores 16 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HYMENIAL
No single letter turns HYMENIAL into another word.
How HYMENIAL scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in HYMENIAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HYMENIAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about HYMENIAL
- All 8 letters of HYMENIAL are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does HYMENIAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
botany
Belonging to the hymenium, the spore-bearing layer of a fungus such as the gills of a mushroom.
Hymenial describes structures found in the fruiting body of fungi, where spores are produced. Mycologists use it when describing tissue or cells in that layer.
How HYMENIAL is used
Technical term used in mycology.
- The hymenial surface lines the gills of the mushroom.
- Under the microscope we studied the hymenial cells.
- A hymenial layer releases the spores into the air.
- The guide describes the hymenial features of each species.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HYMENIAL and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in HYMENIAL
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Common questions about HYMENIAL
- Is HYMENIAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HYMENIAL, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HYMENIAL worth?
- HYMENIAL is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HYMENIAL mean?
- Belonging to the hymenium, the spore-bearing layer of a fungus such as the gills of a mushroom.
- What letters can be added to HYMENIAL?
- No single letter can be added to HYMENIAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of HYMENIAL:
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