LESPEDEZA is a valid Scrabble word — 21 points
Yes. LESPEDEZA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 21 points in Scrabble and 23 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LESPEDEZA?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LESPEDEZA is to know. It scores 21 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LESPEDEZA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
lespedezasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LESPEDEZA scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in LESPEDEZA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 3 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so LESPEDEZA has to be built on the board across turns.
What does LESPEDEZA mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
Any of a group of herbs and shrubs of the pea family with three-part leaves and small purple or pink flowers, grown for hay and to enrich soil.
Farmers in the southern United States sow lespedeza as forage because it grows in poor, acid soil. Some kinds are also kept in gardens as bush clover for their late summer blooms.
How LESPEDEZA is used
Used in botany, farming and gardening.
- The pasture was planted with lespedeza for summer hay.
- Bees crowded around the lespedeza flowers in September.
- Lespedeza improves worn soil by adding nitrogen.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LESPEDEZA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with LESPEDEZA
1 longer words begin with LESPEDEZA.
Shorter words from the letters in LESPEDEZA
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Common questions about LESPEDEZA
- Is LESPEDEZA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LESPEDEZA, where it scores 23 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LESPEDEZA worth?
- LESPEDEZA is worth 21 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LESPEDEZA mean?
- Any of a group of herbs and shrubs of the pea family with three-part leaves and small purple or pink flowers, grown for hay and to enrich soil.
- What letters can be added to LESPEDEZA?
- LESPEDEZA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of LESPEDEZA:
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