LANOSITY is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. LANOSITY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LANOSITY?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LANOSITY is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LANOSITY
No single letter turns LANOSITY into another word.
How LANOSITY scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in LANOSITY, 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 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so LANOSITY has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about LANOSITY
- All 8 letters of LANOSITY are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does LANOSITY mean in Scrabble?
noun
rare
The state of having a woolly covering of fine hairs.
Botanists have used lanosity to describe leaves and stems with a dense, downy covering. It is a rare term that few readers will have met outside specialist descriptions.
How LANOSITY is used
The noun lanosity appears chiefly in old botanical and natural history descriptions.
- The lanosity of the young shoots protects them from the cold.
- Its lanosity made the leaf feel like felt.
- The description praised the plant for its silvery lanosity.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LANOSITY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in LANOSITY
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Common questions about LANOSITY
- Is LANOSITY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LANOSITY, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LANOSITY worth?
- LANOSITY is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LANOSITY mean?
- The state of having a woolly covering of fine hairs.
- What letters can be added to LANOSITY?
- No single letter can be added to LANOSITY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of LANOSITY:
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