PALMYRA is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. PALMYRA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PALMYRA?
| 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: 53 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PALMYRA is to know. It scores 14 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PALMYRA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
palmyrasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PALMYRA scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in PALMYRA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,316 thousand.
What does PALMYRA mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A tall tropical palm of Asia with fan-shaped leaves, valued for its fruit, sap and timber.
A palmyra can tower over village fields, and nearly every part of it finds a use. People tap its sap for a sugary drink and weave its leaves into mats and roofing.
How PALMYRA is used
Names the tree, sometimes written palmyra palm.
- A lone palmyra rose above the paddy fields.
- The villagers thatched the roof with palmyra leaves.
- Sap tapped from the palmyra was boiled down into sugar.
- Old books were once written on strips cut from the palmyra.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PALMYRA and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PALMYRA
The 7 tiles of PALMYRA in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with PALMYRA
1 longer words begin with PALMYRA.
Shorter words from the letters in PALMYRA
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Common questions about PALMYRA
- Is PALMYRA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PALMYRA, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PALMYRA worth?
- PALMYRA is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PALMYRA mean?
- A tall tropical palm of Asia with fan-shaped leaves, valued for its fruit, sap and timber.
- What letters can be added to PALMYRA?
- PALMYRA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of PALMYRA:
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