MEANDROUS is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. MEANDROUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MEANDROUS?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MEANDROUS is to know. It scores 12 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MEANDROUS
No single letter turns MEANDROUS into another word.
How MEANDROUS scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in MEANDROUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MEANDROUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about MEANDROUS
- All 9 letters of MEANDROUS are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does MEANDROUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
literaryrare
Winding or full of turns, like a slow river.
Meandrous borrows its image from the river Meander in ancient Turkey, famous for its many bends. A meandrous path or story takes its time and keeps turning.
How MEANDROUS is used
Meandrous is a rare literary adjective for rivers, roads and rambling talk.
- We followed a meandrous stream through the meadow.
- His meandrous speech went on for an hour.
- The meandrous lane circled the hill twice.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MEANDROUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in MEANDROUS
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Common questions about MEANDROUS
- Is MEANDROUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MEANDROUS, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MEANDROUS worth?
- MEANDROUS is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MEANDROUS mean?
- Winding or full of turns, like a slow river.
- What letters can be added to MEANDROUS?
- No single letter can be added to MEANDROUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of MEANDROUS:
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