NOTORNIS is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. NOTORNIS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NOTORNIS?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NOTORNIS is to know. It scores 8 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NOTORNIS
No single letter turns NOTORNIS into another word.
How NOTORNIS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in NOTORNIS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 2 | 6 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so NOTORNIS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does NOTORNIS mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A large, rare, flightless bird of New Zealand, also known as the takahe.
The notornis was thought extinct until a small population was found alive in a remote valley. Conservation workers now guard each notornis closely because so few individuals remain.
How NOTORNIS is used
Notornis is used in zoology and conservation writing about New Zealand wildlife.
- A notornis stood in the tussock, its blue-green feathers shining.
- The notornis cannot fly, so it relies on walking and hiding.
- Rangers counted every notornis in the valley that winter.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NOTORNIS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with NOTORNIS
1 longer words begin with NOTORNIS.
Shorter words from the letters in NOTORNIS
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Common questions about NOTORNIS
- Is NOTORNIS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NOTORNIS, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NOTORNIS worth?
- NOTORNIS is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NOTORNIS mean?
- A large, rare, flightless bird of New Zealand, also known as the takahe.
- What letters can be added to NOTORNIS?
- No single letter can be added to NOTORNIS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of NOTORNIS:
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