PERITHECIUM is a valid Scrabble word — 20 points
Yes. PERITHECIUM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 20 points in Scrabble and 23 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PERITHECIUM?
| 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 PERITHECIUM is to know. It scores 20 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PERITHECIUM
No single letter turns PERITHECIUM into another word.
How PERITHECIUM scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in PERITHECIUM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PERITHECIUM has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PERITHECIUM mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A small flask-shaped fruiting body in some fungi, with a pore through which spores escape.
A perithecium holds the spore sacs inside and opens at the tip, a design seen in many sac fungi. Mycologists identify species partly by the shape and colour of the perithecium.
How PERITHECIUM is used
Technical term in mycology.
- Each perithecium opened at the top through a tiny pore.
- Under the microscope the perithecium looked like a dark flask.
- The lichen produces a perithecium sunk in its surface.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PERITHECIUM and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in PERITHECIUM
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Common questions about PERITHECIUM
- Is PERITHECIUM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PERITHECIUM, where it scores 23 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PERITHECIUM worth?
- PERITHECIUM is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PERITHECIUM mean?
- A small flask-shaped fruiting body in some fungi, with a pore through which spores escape.
- What letters can be added to PERITHECIUM?
- No single letter can be added to PERITHECIUM to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of PERITHECIUM:
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