PROTONEMA is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. PROTONEMA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PROTONEMA?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PROTONEMA is to know. It scores 13 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PROTONEMA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
protonemalChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How PROTONEMA scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in PROTONEMA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PROTONEMA has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PROTONEMA mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
The first threadlike growth that develops from a germinating moss or liverwort spore, from which buds of the mature plant arise.
Botanists meet the protonema when a spore lands on damp soil and sprouts a green, branching mat. The leafy moss that people recognise grows later from buds on this early stage.
How PROTONEMA is used
A technical word used in plant biology, almost always about mosses, liverworts and ferns.
- Under the microscope the green protonema looked like a tangle of fine thread.
- Each protonema produces several buds that grow into new moss shoots.
- The students watched a protonema spread across the agar dish over two weeks.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PROTONEMA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PROTONEMA
The 9 tiles of PROTONEMA in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with PROTONEMA
3 longer words begin with PROTONEMA.
Shorter words from the letters in PROTONEMA
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Common questions about PROTONEMA
- Is PROTONEMA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PROTONEMA, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PROTONEMA worth?
- PROTONEMA is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PROTONEMA mean?
- The first threadlike growth that develops from a germinating moss or liverwort spore, from which buds of the mature plant arise.
- What letters can be added to PROTONEMA?
- PROTONEMA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of PROTONEMA:
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