NEMERTEAN is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. NEMERTEAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NEMERTEAN?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NEMERTEAN is to know. It scores 11 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NEMERTEAN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
nemerteansChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NEMERTEAN scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in NEMERTEAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 2 | 6 |
| e | 3 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so NEMERTEAN has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about NEMERTEAN
- NEMERTEAN begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does NEMERTEAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A ribbon worm, a soft unsegmented marine worm with a long threadlike proboscis.
A nemertean hunts by shooting out its proboscis to catch small prey. Most live in the sea, buried in sand or hidden under rocks, and some are brightly coloured.
How NEMERTEAN is used
A zoological term; nemertine is a variant spelling not described separately here.
- The diver found a pink nemertean under a stone.
- A nemertean can stretch to many times its resting length.
- Each nemertean shows a remarkable proboscis.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NEMERTEAN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with NEMERTEAN
1 longer words begin with NEMERTEAN.
Shorter words from the letters in NEMERTEAN
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Common questions about NEMERTEAN
- Is NEMERTEAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NEMERTEAN, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NEMERTEAN worth?
- NEMERTEAN is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NEMERTEAN mean?
- A ribbon worm, a soft unsegmented marine worm with a long threadlike proboscis.
- What letters can be added to NEMERTEAN?
- NEMERTEAN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of NEMERTEAN:
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