KALANCHOE is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. KALANCHOE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept KALANCHOE?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful KALANCHOE is to know. It scores 18 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for KALANCHOE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
kalanchoesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How KALANCHOE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in KALANCHOE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| k | 1 | 1 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so KALANCHOE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does KALANCHOE mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A tropical succulent plant with thick glossy leaves and clusters of small bright flowers, often kept indoors.
Garden centres sell it in winter, when its red, pink or yellow blooms brighten windowsills. Some kinds sprout tiny plantlets along their leaf edges, a trick that makes the kalanchoe easy to multiply.
How KALANCHOE is used
The name of a popular houseplant and of the genus it belongs to.
- A red kalanchoe sat on the kitchen windowsill all winter.
- You only need to water a kalanchoe when the soil is dry.
- She propagated the kalanchoe from a single fallen leaf.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of KALANCHOE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with KALANCHOE
1 longer words begin with KALANCHOE.
Shorter words from the letters in KALANCHOE
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Common questions about KALANCHOE
- Is KALANCHOE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts KALANCHOE, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is KALANCHOE worth?
- KALANCHOE is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does KALANCHOE mean?
- A tropical succulent plant with thick glossy leaves and clusters of small bright flowers, often kept indoors.
- What letters can be added to KALANCHOE?
- KALANCHOE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of KALANCHOE:
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