PLANTATION is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. PLANTATION is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PLANTATION?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PLANTATION is to know. It scores 12 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PLANTATION
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
plantationsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PLANTATION scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in PLANTATION, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PLANTATION has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PLANTATION mean in Scrabble?
noun
A large estate where crops such as tea, sugar, or cotton are grown, or a large area planted with trees.
In the tropics a plantation usually grew a single cash crop on a big scale. In forestry the word is gentler, simply meaning rows of planted trees, and in history it can refer to a settlement of colonists.
How PLANTATION is used
Plantation appears in agriculture, forestry, and history, and its tone depends on the context.
- The coffee plantation covered the whole hillside.
- A pine plantation had replaced the old woodland.
- The museum explains how life was organised on a sugar plantation.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PLANTATION and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PLANTATION
1 longer words begin with PLANTATION.
Shorter words from the letters in PLANTATION
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Common questions about PLANTATION
- Is PLANTATION valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PLANTATION, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PLANTATION worth?
- PLANTATION is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PLANTATION mean?
- A large estate where crops such as tea, sugar, or cotton are grown, or a large area planted with trees.
- What letters can be added to PLANTATION?
- PLANTATION takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of PLANTATION:
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