LONGLEAF is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. LONGLEAF is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LONGLEAF?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LONGLEAF is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LONGLEAF
No single letter turns LONGLEAF into another word.
How LONGLEAF scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in LONGLEAF, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 2 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so LONGLEAF has to be built on the board across turns.
What does LONGLEAF mean in Scrabble?
noun
North American
A tall pine of the southeastern United States with very long needles, valued for timber and turpentine.
Forests of longleaf once covered huge areas of the coastal plain and are now a conservation goal. The tree survives low-intensity fires.
How LONGLEAF is used
Longleaf is usually used in the phrase longleaf pine.
- A longleaf towered above the clearing.
- Workers planted longleaf seedlings along the ridge.
- Longleaf needles can reach a foot in length.
- The old longleaf forest was cut for turpentine.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LONGLEAF and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in LONGLEAF
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Common questions about LONGLEAF
- Is LONGLEAF valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LONGLEAF, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LONGLEAF worth?
- LONGLEAF is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LONGLEAF mean?
- A tall pine of the southeastern United States with very long needles, valued for timber and turpentine.
- What letters can be added to LONGLEAF?
- No single letter can be added to LONGLEAF to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of LONGLEAF:
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