LACTIFEROUS is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. LACTIFEROUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LACTIFEROUS?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LACTIFEROUS is to know. It scores 16 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LACTIFEROUS
No single letter turns LACTIFEROUS into another word.
How LACTIFEROUS scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in LACTIFEROUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so LACTIFEROUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about LACTIFEROUS
- All 11 letters of LACTIFEROUS are different — nothing repeats.
- LACTIFEROUS contains every vowel — A, E, I, O and U.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does LACTIFEROUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technicalbotany
Carrying or producing milk or a milky fluid.
Lactiferous is mostly met in anatomy, where it describes the ducts that carry milk in the breast, and in botany, where it describes plants that ooze a white sap. The root is the Latin word for milk.
How LACTIFEROUS is used
Lactiferous is a technical word used in anatomy and plant science rather than in everyday talk.
- The lactiferous ducts open at the nipple.
- Dandelions have lactiferous tissue that leaks white sap when a stem is broken.
- The anatomy student labelled each lactiferous sinus on the diagram.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LACTIFEROUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with LACTIFEROUS
1 longer words begin with LACTIFEROUS.
Shorter words from the letters in LACTIFEROUS
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Common questions about LACTIFEROUS
- Is LACTIFEROUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LACTIFEROUS, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LACTIFEROUS worth?
- LACTIFEROUS is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LACTIFEROUS mean?
- Carrying or producing milk or a milky fluid.
- What letters can be added to LACTIFEROUS?
- No single letter can be added to LACTIFEROUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of LACTIFEROUS:
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