MOONWORT is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. MOONWORT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MOONWORT?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MOONWORT is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MOONWORT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
moonwortsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MOONWORT scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in MOONWORT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| o | 3 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MOONWORT has to be built on the board across turns.
What does MOONWORT mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A small fern with a single fan-shaped frond and a separate spore-bearing spike, found in grassy uplands and old meadows.
Moonwort has crescent-shaped lobes on its leaf, which is how it got its name, and folklore once credited it with magical powers. It is easy to overlook in a meadow, so spotting a moonwort is a small triumph for fern hunters. The name was also applied to the silvery-podded plant honesty.
How MOONWORT is used
The word moonwort belongs mainly to botany and old herbal lore.
- We searched the hillside for a moonwort among the short grass.
- The moonwort is a fern, though it hardly looks like one.
- Old herbals claimed that a moonwort could open locks.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MOONWORT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MOONWORT
1 longer words begin with MOONWORT.
Shorter words from the letters in MOONWORT
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Common questions about MOONWORT
- Is MOONWORT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MOONWORT, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MOONWORT worth?
- MOONWORT is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MOONWORT mean?
- A small fern with a single fan-shaped frond and a separate spore-bearing spike, found in grassy uplands and old meadows.
- What letters can be added to MOONWORT?
- MOONWORT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of MOONWORT:
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