LANUGO is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. LANUGO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LANUGO?
| 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 LANUGO is to know. It scores 7 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LANUGO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
lanugosChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LANUGO scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in LANUGO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 57,487.
What does LANUGO mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
The fine, soft hair that covers the body of a human fetus and is usually shed before or shortly after birth.
Lanugo begins to grow around the fourth or fifth month of pregnancy and covers almost the entire body of the fetus, helping to hold a protective waxy coating against the skin. Most babies shed their lanugo in the womb during the final weeks before birth, though infants born early are often still covered in it at delivery. The same word is sometimes used for a similar fine growth of hair that can appear on the skin later in life during severe illness or malnutrition.
How LANUGO is used
A medical and biological term, most often met in discussions of fetal development or, less commonly, in descriptions of an illness-related symptom.
- The premature infant's skin was still covered in fine lanugo at birth.
- Lanugo helps hold a waxy coating against a developing fetus.
- By the ninth month most of the lanugo has already been shed.
- Doctors noted lanugo growth as one sign of the patient's malnutrition.
- The textbook illustration showed lanugo covering the fetus at twenty weeks.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LANUGO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with LANUGO
1 longer words begin with LANUGO.
Shorter words from the letters in LANUGO
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Common questions about LANUGO
- Is LANUGO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LANUGO, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LANUGO worth?
- LANUGO is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LANUGO mean?
- The fine, soft hair that covers the body of a human fetus and is usually shed before or shortly after birth.
- What letters can be added to LANUGO?
- LANUGO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of LANUGO:
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