PANDANUS is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. PANDANUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PANDANUS?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PANDANUS is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PANDANUS
No single letter turns PANDANUS into another word.
How PANDANUS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in PANDANUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PANDANUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PANDANUS mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A tropical tree or shrub with stilt roots and long, spiny, spirally arranged leaves.
The pandanus grows mainly on coasts and islands of the Old World tropics, where its leaves are dried and woven into mats and roofing. It is often named screw pine because of the twisting arrangement of its foliage.
How PANDANUS is used
A botanical term, also heard in craft and cookery contexts where pandanus leaves are used.
- A stand of pandanus grew right at the edge of the beach.
- The women wove baskets from strips of dried pandanus leaf.
- The pandanus propped itself up on a tangle of stilt roots.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PANDANUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PANDANUS
1 longer words begin with PANDANUS.
Shorter words from the letters in PANDANUS
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Common questions about PANDANUS
- Is PANDANUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PANDANUS, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PANDANUS worth?
- PANDANUS is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PANDANUS mean?
- A tropical tree or shrub with stilt roots and long, spiny, spirally arranged leaves.
- What letters can be added to PANDANUS?
- No single letter can be added to PANDANUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of PANDANUS:
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