LIGNIFY is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. LIGNIFY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LIGNIFY?
| 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: 50 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LIGNIFY is to know. It scores 14 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LIGNIFY
No single letter turns LIGNIFY into another word.
How LIGNIFY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in LIGNIFY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,544 thousand.
What does LIGNIFY mean in Scrabble?
verb
botany
To become woody as lignin is laid down in plant cell walls.
Young shoots are soft until they lignify, after which they stiffen into branches. Botanists also use the verb of tissue made hard in this manner. The process gives trees their strength.
How LIGNIFY is used
Lignify is a technical botanical verb.
- The stems begin to lignify by late summer.
- Cells in the stalk lignify as the plant matures.
- Gardeners wait for the cutting to lignify before transplanting.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LIGNIFY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with LIGNIFY
1 longer words begin with LIGNIFY.
Shorter words from the letters in LIGNIFY
Common questions about LIGNIFY
- Is LIGNIFY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LIGNIFY, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LIGNIFY worth?
- LIGNIFY is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LIGNIFY mean?
- To become woody as lignin is laid down in plant cell walls.
- What letters can be added to LIGNIFY?
- No single letter can be added to LIGNIFY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of LIGNIFY:
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