PALEOBOTANY is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. PALEOBOTANY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PALEOBOTANY?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PALEOBOTANY is to know. It scores 18 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PALEOBOTANY
No single letter turns PALEOBOTANY into another word.
How PALEOBOTANY scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in PALEOBOTANY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PALEOBOTANY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PALEOBOTANY mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The branch of science devoted to plants that lived in past geological ages, known from fossils.
Paleobotany reconstructs ancient forests, coal swamps and climates from leaves, wood and pollen. It sits between botany and paleontology and draws on both.
How PALEOBOTANY is used
A science name; the British spelling is palaeobotany.
- Paleobotany shows that coal formed from vast prehistoric swamps.
- She studied paleobotany to learn how early ferns grew.
- A course in paleobotany includes work with fossil leaves.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PALEOBOTANY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in PALEOBOTANY
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Common questions about PALEOBOTANY
- Is PALEOBOTANY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PALEOBOTANY, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PALEOBOTANY worth?
- PALEOBOTANY is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PALEOBOTANY mean?
- The branch of science devoted to plants that lived in past geological ages, known from fossils.
- What letters can be added to PALEOBOTANY?
- No single letter can be added to PALEOBOTANY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of PALEOBOTANY:
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