LENTICEL is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. LENTICEL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LENTICEL?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LENTICEL is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LENTICEL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
lenticelsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LENTICEL scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in LENTICEL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 2 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so LENTICEL has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about LENTICEL
- LENTICEL begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does LENTICEL mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A tiny pore in the bark of a woody stem through which air passes in and out.
On a young cherry or birch branch the lenticels show as small pale dots or short horizontal dashes. Without these openings the living tissue under the bark would struggle to get oxygen.
How LENTICEL is used
A botanical term, usually used in the plural when describing bark.
- Each lenticel on the twig looked like a tiny cork-coloured speck.
- A lenticel lets the inner bark breathe.
- The apple stem was dotted with a lenticel every few millimetres.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LENTICEL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of LENTICEL
The 8 tiles of LENTICEL in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with LENTICEL
2 longer words begin with LENTICEL.
Shorter words from the letters in LENTICEL
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Common questions about LENTICEL
- Is LENTICEL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LENTICEL, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LENTICEL worth?
- LENTICEL is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LENTICEL mean?
- A tiny pore in the bark of a woody stem through which air passes in and out.
- What letters can be added to LENTICEL?
- LENTICEL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of LENTICEL:
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