LAMINARIA is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. LAMINARIA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LAMINARIA?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LAMINARIA is to know. It scores 11 from 9 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LAMINARIA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LAMINARIA scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in LAMINARIA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 3 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so LAMINARIA has to be built on the board across turns.
What does LAMINARIA mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A large brown seaweed of cold coastal waters with long, broad, ribbon-like fronds.
Laminaria is both a genus name and a common label for tangle and kelp. Dense beds of it shelter fish and shellfish, and some species supply alginates used to thicken foods and other products.
How LAMINARIA is used
Laminaria turns up in marine biology and in talk of seaweed harvesting.
- Divers swam through a forest of laminaria off the rocky coast.
- Storms often wash laminaria up on the beach.
- The factory extracts a thickener from laminaria.
- Fishing boats avoid the laminaria that tangles in their nets.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LAMINARIA and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with LAMINARIA
3 longer words begin with LAMINARIA.
Shorter words from the letters in LAMINARIA
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Common questions about LAMINARIA
- Is LAMINARIA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LAMINARIA, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LAMINARIA worth?
- LAMINARIA is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LAMINARIA mean?
- A large brown seaweed of cold coastal waters with long, broad, ribbon-like fronds.
- What letters can be added to LAMINARIA?
- LAMINARIA takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of LAMINARIA:
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