LAMELLA is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. LAMELLA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LAMELLA?
| 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: 56 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LAMELLA is to know. It scores 9 from 7 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LAMELLA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LAMELLA scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in LAMELLA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 3 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,632 thousand.
What does LAMELLA mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A thin plate, layer or scale, as in bone, mushroom gills or a cell membrane.
The gills under a mushroom cap are lamellae, each a thin blade of tissue. In bone and in plant cells the term marks a thin layer that sits next to others in a stack.
How LAMELLA is used
Lamella has the plural lamellae, and it appears in biology, geology and materials science.
- A single lamella of bone is thinner than a hair.
- Under the microscope each lamella showed a fine pattern.
- The mushroom cap was lined with pale lamella.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LAMELLA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with LAMELLA
9 longer words begin with LAMELLA.
Shorter words from the letters in LAMELLA
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Common questions about LAMELLA
- Is LAMELLA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LAMELLA, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LAMELLA worth?
- LAMELLA is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LAMELLA mean?
- A thin plate, layer or scale, as in bone, mushroom gills or a cell membrane.
- What letters can be added to LAMELLA?
- LAMELLA takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of LAMELLA:
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