LIGULE is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. LIGULE 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 LIGULE?
| 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 LIGULE is to know. It scores 7 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LIGULE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
ligulesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LIGULE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in LIGULE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 2 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 153,299.
What does LIGULE mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A thin, membranous outgrowth at the point where a grass leaf blade meets its sheath, or a similarly strap-shaped part of certain flowers.
On a blade of grass, the ligule sits right where the flat leaf joins the sheath wrapped around the stem, and botanists often use its shape and size to help tell one grass species from another. In flowers of the daisy family, a ligule instead forms the flat, strap-shaped part of a ray floret, the petal-like structure ringing the flower head. The related spelling ligula names comparable tongue-shaped parts in insects and worms, but ligule itself is used almost entirely for these plant structures.
How LIGULE is used
A technical botanical term, useful for identifying grasses and for describing ray florets in composite flowers such as daisies and sunflowers.
- Botanists checked the shape of the ligule to identify the grass.
- A short, hairy ligule distinguished the two similar species.
- The ligule of the ray floret curved gently outward.
- Field guides often illustrate the ligule at the base of the leaf blade.
- She examined the ligule under a hand lens before recording her notes.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LIGULE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with LIGULE
1 longer words begin with LIGULE.
Shorter words from the letters in LIGULE
Common questions about LIGULE
- Is LIGULE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LIGULE, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LIGULE worth?
- LIGULE is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LIGULE mean?
- A thin, membranous outgrowth at the point where a grass leaf blade meets its sheath, or a similarly strap-shaped part of certain flowers.
- What letters can be added to LIGULE?
- LIGULE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of LIGULE:
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