MANZANITA is a valid Scrabble word — 20 points
Yes. MANZANITA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 20 points in Scrabble and 23 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MANZANITA?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MANZANITA is to know. It scores 20 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MANZANITA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
manzanitasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MANZANITA scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in MANZANITA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 3 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MANZANITA has to be built on the board across turns.
What does MANZANITA mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
An evergreen shrub of western North America with smooth reddish bark and small red berries.
A manzanita grows on dry hillsides, and its twisted red limbs stand out against chaparral. The name is Spanish for little apple, after the fruit.
How MANZANITA is used
Used in botany and in writing about California and the West.
- A manzanita bush grew beside the trail.
- The red bark of the manzanita glowed in the evening sun.
- Birds fed on the berries of the manzanita.
- Gardeners prize manzanita for its drought tolerance.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MANZANITA and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MANZANITA
1 longer words begin with MANZANITA.
Shorter words from the letters in MANZANITA
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Common questions about MANZANITA
- Is MANZANITA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MANZANITA, where it scores 23 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MANZANITA worth?
- MANZANITA is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MANZANITA mean?
- An evergreen shrub of western North America with smooth reddish bark and small red berries.
- What letters can be added to MANZANITA?
- MANZANITA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of MANZANITA:
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