PENICILLIUM is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. PENICILLIUM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 24 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PENICILLIUM?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PENICILLIUM is to know. It scores 17 from 11 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PENICILLIUM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
penicilliumsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PENICILLIUM scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in PENICILLIUM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 3 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PENICILLIUM has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PENICILLIUM mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A genus of blue or green moulds that grow on food and give us certain cheeses and the antibiotic penicillin.
Penicillium is the fuzzy growth on a forgotten orange, yet it also gives blue cheese its veins. Alexander Fleming's discovery of its antibacterial power changed medicine. The name comes from the brush-like shape of its spore-bearing tips.
How PENICILLIUM is used
Penicillium is used in microbiology, food science and the history of medicine.
- Penicillium ripened the cheese in the cave.
- A patch of penicillium spread across the stale bread.
- Fleming noticed that penicillium killed the bacteria around it.
- Some species of penicillium are harmless to people.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PENICILLIUM and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PENICILLIUM
1 longer words begin with PENICILLIUM.
Shorter words from the letters in PENICILLIUM
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Common questions about PENICILLIUM
- Is PENICILLIUM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PENICILLIUM, where it scores 24 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PENICILLIUM worth?
- PENICILLIUM is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 24 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PENICILLIUM mean?
- A genus of blue or green moulds that grow on food and give us certain cheeses and the antibiotic penicillin.
- What letters can be added to PENICILLIUM?
- PENICILLIUM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of PENICILLIUM:
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