NARDOO is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. NARDOO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NARDOO?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NARDOO is to know. It scores 7 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NARDOO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
nardoosChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NARDOO scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in NARDOO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 32,850.
What does NARDOO mean in Scrabble?
noun
Australian
An Australian aquatic fern whose spore cases were traditionally ground into a flour eaten by Aboriginal Australians.
Nardoo grows in shallow, often temporary water across inland Australia, and its four-lobed leaves resemble a floating clover. Its spore cases can be ground into a flour that Aboriginal Australians ate for generations, but the food requires careful preparation, since raw nardoo contains a substance that can be harmful. The plant is best known outside Australia through the accounts of nineteenth century explorers who relied on it, with mixed results, when other food ran out.
How NARDOO is used
Chiefly historical and botanical, associated with accounts of survival food in the Australian outback.
- The explorers gathered nardoo from the flooded plain to survive.
- Aboriginal Australians ground nardoo spores into a coarse flour.
- After the flood receded, nardoo covered the shallow waterholes.
- The botanist pressed a sample of nardoo for the university herbarium.
- Without proper preparation, nardoo can be harmful rather than nourishing.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NARDOO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with NARDOO
1 longer words begin with NARDOO.
Shorter words from the letters in NARDOO
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Common questions about NARDOO
- Is NARDOO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NARDOO, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NARDOO worth?
- NARDOO is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NARDOO mean?
- An Australian aquatic fern whose spore cases were traditionally ground into a flour eaten by Aboriginal Australians.
- What letters can be added to NARDOO?
- NARDOO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of NARDOO:
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