LANOSE is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. LANOSE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LANOSE?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LANOSE is to know. It scores 6 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LANOSE
No single letter turns LANOSE into another word.
How LANOSE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in LANOSE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,372.
What does LANOSE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technicalbotany
Covered with soft, wool-like hairs; woolly.
Lanose is a botanical term meaning woolly, used to describe leaves, stems or other plant surfaces clothed in a downy mat of fine hairs. It is essentially interchangeable with the more common lanate, and both trace back to the Latin lana, wool. Botanical keys and plant descriptions use the word to help distinguish species whose woolly texture is a notable, visible feature. Outside technical plant description the word is rarely used.
How LANOSE is used
A technical botanical term describing a woolly surface, close in meaning to lanate.
- The lanose leaves gave the plant a silvery appearance.
- Botanists described the seed head as densely lanose.
- A lanose covering shields the bud from frost.
- The guide noted the lanose texture of the stem.
- Under a lens the lanose hairs looked like fine wool.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LANOSE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of LANOSE
The 6 tiles of LANOSE in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in LANOSE
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Common questions about LANOSE
- Is LANOSE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LANOSE, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LANOSE worth?
- LANOSE is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LANOSE mean?
- Covered with soft, wool-like hairs; woolly.
- What letters can be added to LANOSE?
- No single letter can be added to LANOSE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of LANOSE:
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