PLANARIA is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. PLANARIA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PLANARIA?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PLANARIA is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PLANARIA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PLANARIA scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in PLANARIA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 3 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PLANARIA has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PLANARIA mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A small, flat, free-living freshwater worm that can regrow lost body parts.
The planaria is a favourite in school and university laboratories because a cut piece can regenerate into a whole new worm. In the wild it glides over stones and plants in ponds and streams.
How PLANARIA is used
A biology term; the plural is planarias or planariae.
- Students cut the planaria in two to watch it regenerate.
- A planaria slid across the wet leaf.
- The pond sample was full of tiny planaria.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PLANARIA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PLANARIA
3 longer words begin with PLANARIA.
Shorter words from the letters in PLANARIA
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Common questions about PLANARIA
- Is PLANARIA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PLANARIA, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PLANARIA worth?
- PLANARIA is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PLANARIA mean?
- A small, flat, free-living freshwater worm that can regrow lost body parts.
- What letters can be added to PLANARIA?
- PLANARIA takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of PLANARIA:
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