PEPONIUM is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. PEPONIUM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PEPONIUM?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PEPONIUM is to know. It scores 14 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PEPONIUM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
peponiumsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PEPONIUM scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in PEPONIUM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 2 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PEPONIUM has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PEPONIUM mean in Scrabble?
noun
technicalbotany
A fleshy fruit with a hard rind, such as a melon, squash or cucumber.
Botanists place this kind of fruit in the gourd family. The rind is tough, while the inside is juicy and full of seeds. The word peponium is a more formal cousin of pepo.
How PEPONIUM is used
A botanical term for gourd-family fruits.
- A pumpkin is a classic peponium.
- The botanist labelled the melon as a peponium.
- Each peponium has a thick outer rind and many seeds.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PEPONIUM and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PEPONIUM
1 longer words begin with PEPONIUM.
Shorter words from the letters in PEPONIUM
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Common questions about PEPONIUM
- Is PEPONIUM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PEPONIUM, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PEPONIUM worth?
- PEPONIUM is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PEPONIUM mean?
- A fleshy fruit with a hard rind, such as a melon, squash or cucumber.
- What letters can be added to PEPONIUM?
- PEPONIUM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of PEPONIUM:
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