PLANULAR is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. PLANULAR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PLANULAR?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PLANULAR is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PLANULAR
No single letter turns PLANULAR into another word.
How PLANULAR scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in PLANULAR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PLANULAR has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PLANULAR mean in Scrabble?
adjective
zoology
Relating to a planula, the free-swimming larva of jellyfish and related animals.
Planular is used in marine biology for the early larval stage of corals and jellyfish, before they settle and grow. A planular larva drifts until it finds a surface to attach to.
How PLANULAR is used
A specialist zoological term.
- The planular stage lasts only a few days.
- Researchers tracked planular larvae in the reef water.
- A planular form is shaped like a tiny flattened oval.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PLANULAR and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in PLANULAR
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Common questions about PLANULAR
- Is PLANULAR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PLANULAR, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PLANULAR worth?
- PLANULAR is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PLANULAR mean?
- Relating to a planula, the free-swimming larva of jellyfish and related animals.
- What letters can be added to PLANULAR?
- No single letter can be added to PLANULAR to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of PLANULAR:
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