PENICILLATE is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. PENICILLATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PENICILLATE?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PENICILLATE is to know. It scores 15 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PENICILLATE
No single letter turns PENICILLATE into another word.
How PENICILLATE scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in PENICILLATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PENICILLATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PENICILLATE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technicalbotany
Shaped like a small brush, with a tuft of fine hairs or filaments.
Penicillate comes from the Latin word for a painter's brush. Naturalists use it for tips, tails and stigmas that end in a fine tuft.
How PENICILLATE is used
Penicillate is used in botanical and zoological descriptions.
- The grass had a penicillate stigma.
- A penicillate tail tip marks this species.
- Under the lens, the penicillate hairs looked like tiny brushes.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PENICILLATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PENICILLATE
1 longer words begin with PENICILLATE.
Shorter words from the letters in PENICILLATE
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Common questions about PENICILLATE
- Is PENICILLATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PENICILLATE, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PENICILLATE worth?
- PENICILLATE is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PENICILLATE mean?
- Shaped like a small brush, with a tuft of fine hairs or filaments.
- What letters can be added to PENICILLATE?
- No single letter can be added to PENICILLATE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of PENICILLATE:
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