LIANE is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. LIANE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LIANE?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LIANE is to know. It scores 5 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 8.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LIANE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
lianesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LIANE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in LIANE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,227.
What stands out about LIANE
- The same 5 tiles also spell 4 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does LIANE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A woody, climbing vine that roots in the soil and climbs up trees to reach light, especially in tropical forests.
A liane grows no thick trunk of its own; instead it uses the trunks and branches of trees as a ladder while stretching upward toward sunlight. Thick tangles of liane crisscross the canopy of many tropical rainforests, and forest animals often use a hanging liane as a natural rope between trees. The word is simply a variant spelling of liana, and both forms appear in descriptions of jungle vegetation.
How LIANE is used
Met mainly in botanical and travel writing about tropical forests, and less common than the spelling liana.
- A tangle of liane hung between the two tallest trees.
- The guide cut through a curtain of liane to open the trail.
- Monkeys crossed the gap by swinging on a long liane.
- Botanists mapped every liane climbing the old fig tree.
- Rain had loosened the liane from its anchor branch.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LIANE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of LIANE
The 5 tiles of LIANE in a different order — 4 found.
Words starting with LIANE
1 longer words begin with LIANE.
Words ending in LIANE
1 words end in LIANE. Useful as a back hook: play LIANE onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in LIANE
Common questions about LIANE
- Is LIANE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LIANE, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LIANE worth?
- LIANE is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LIANE mean?
- A woody, climbing vine that roots in the soil and climbs up trees to reach light, especially in tropical forests.
- What letters can be added to LIANE?
- LIANE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of LIANE:
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