MESOPHYL is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. MESOPHYL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MESOPHYL?
| 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: 47 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MESOPHYL is to know. It scores 18 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MESOPHYL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MESOPHYL scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in MESOPHYL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MESOPHYL has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about MESOPHYL
- All 8 letters of MESOPHYL are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does MESOPHYL mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
The soft inner tissue of a leaf, between the upper and lower skin, where most photosynthesis takes place.
Mesophyl cells hold the chloroplasts that capture sunlight. The word is a rarer spelling of mesophyll, with the same meaning, and both appear in botany books.
How MESOPHYL is used
Used in plant biology; the double-l spelling is more usual.
- The mesophyl lies beneath the waxy surface of the leaf.
- Chloroplasts are packed into the mesophyl cells.
- A thin section showed the mesophyl clearly.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MESOPHYL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MESOPHYL
5 longer words begin with MESOPHYL.
Shorter words from the letters in MESOPHYL
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Common questions about MESOPHYL
- Is MESOPHYL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MESOPHYL, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MESOPHYL worth?
- MESOPHYL is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MESOPHYL mean?
- The soft inner tissue of a leaf, between the upper and lower skin, where most photosynthesis takes place.
- What letters can be added to MESOPHYL?
- MESOPHYL takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of MESOPHYL:
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