PERENNATE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. PERENNATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PERENNATE?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PERENNATE is to know. It scores 11 from 9 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PERENNATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PERENNATE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in PERENNATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 3 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PERENNATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PERENNATE mean in Scrabble?
verb
botany
To survive from one growing season to the next, as a plant does.
Many herbs perennate by storing energy in roots or bulbs while the leaves die back in winter. Botanists use the term for the survival strategy rather than for the plant itself.
How PERENNATE is used
The verb perennate is found in botany and gardening texts and is rarely heard in everyday speech.
- Some grasses perennate through underground stems.
- Tulips perennate as bulbs below the frozen soil.
- Many alpine plants perennate under a blanket of snow.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PERENNATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PERENNATE
2 longer words begin with PERENNATE.
Shorter words from the letters in PERENNATE
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Common questions about PERENNATE
- Is PERENNATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PERENNATE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PERENNATE worth?
- PERENNATE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PERENNATE mean?
- To survive from one growing season to the next, as a plant does.
- What letters can be added to PERENNATE?
- PERENNATE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of PERENNATE:
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