NONVENOMOUS is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. NONVENOMOUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 22 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NONVENOMOUS?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NONVENOMOUS is to know. It scores 16 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NONVENOMOUS
No single letter turns NONVENOMOUS into another word.
How NONVENOMOUS scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in NONVENOMOUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 3 | 6 |
| o | 3 | 8 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so NONVENOMOUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does NONVENOMOUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
zoology
Not producing venom, so that a bite or sting is not poisonous.
Many garden snakes are nonvenomous and are harmless to people, though they may still bite if handled roughly. Field guides use nonvenomous as a quick reassurance, but a nonvenomous bite can still need cleaning.
How NONVENOMOUS is used
Used for snakes, spiders and other animals whose bites do not inject poison.
- The nonvenomous snake slid away into the grass.
- Most spiders in the region are nonvenomous to humans.
- He learned to tell a nonvenomous species from a dangerous one.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NONVENOMOUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in NONVENOMOUS
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Common questions about NONVENOMOUS
- Is NONVENOMOUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NONVENOMOUS, where it scores 22 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NONVENOMOUS worth?
- NONVENOMOUS is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NONVENOMOUS mean?
- Not producing venom, so that a bite or sting is not poisonous.
- What letters can be added to NONVENOMOUS?
- No single letter can be added to NONVENOMOUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of NONVENOMOUS:
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