KRUMMHOLZ is a valid Scrabble word — 29 points
Yes. KRUMMHOLZ is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 29 points in Scrabble and 32 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept KRUMMHOLZ?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful KRUMMHOLZ is to know. It scores 29 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for KRUMMHOLZ
No single letter turns KRUMMHOLZ into another word.
How KRUMMHOLZ scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in KRUMMHOLZ, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| k | 1 | 1 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 2 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so KRUMMHOLZ has to be built on the board across turns.
What does KRUMMHOLZ mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A belt of dwarfed, twisted trees found just where mountain forest gives way to bare slopes, shaped by wind and cold.
Hikers meet krummholz in the last stretch before the open alpine zone, where trees grow sideways rather than up. The word is German and keeps its original spelling in English.
How KRUMMHOLZ is used
A term from ecology and mountain geography, used for stunted growth at the treeline.
- Above the last proper pines the trail wound through knee-high krummholz.
- The krummholz bent away from the prevailing wind like hair in a gale.
- Botanists study krummholz to see how the treeline is shifting.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of KRUMMHOLZ and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with KRUMMHOLZ
1 longer words begin with KRUMMHOLZ.
Shorter words from the letters in KRUMMHOLZ
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Common questions about KRUMMHOLZ
- Is KRUMMHOLZ valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts KRUMMHOLZ, where it scores 32 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is KRUMMHOLZ worth?
- KRUMMHOLZ is worth 29 points in Scrabble and 32 points in Words with Friends.
- What does KRUMMHOLZ mean?
- A belt of dwarfed, twisted trees found just where mountain forest gives way to bare slopes, shaped by wind and cold.
- What letters can be added to KRUMMHOLZ?
- No single letter can be added to KRUMMHOLZ to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of KRUMMHOLZ:
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