PRUINOSE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. PRUINOSE 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 PRUINOSE?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PRUINOSE is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PRUINOSE
No single letter turns PRUINOSE into another word.
How PRUINOSE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in PRUINOSE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PRUINOSE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about PRUINOSE
- All 8 letters of PRUINOSE are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does PRUINOSE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
botanytechnical
Covered with a fine, frosty, powdery bloom that gives a surface a dusted, whitish look.
Naturalists use pruinose for surfaces such as plums, grapes or beetle wing cases that look as if lightly dusted with flour. The bloom can usually be rubbed off with a finger, which is how it differs from true colour.
How PRUINOSE is used
Found mostly in botanical and entomological descriptions of fruit, leaves and insect bodies.
- The pruinose skin of the damson rubbed away under my thumb.
- A pruinose coating covers the abdomen of the male dragonfly.
- Her field notes described the stems as pruinose and slightly glaucous.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PRUINOSE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in PRUINOSE
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Common questions about PRUINOSE
- Is PRUINOSE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PRUINOSE, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PRUINOSE worth?
- PRUINOSE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PRUINOSE mean?
- Covered with a fine, frosty, powdery bloom that gives a surface a dusted, whitish look.
- What letters can be added to PRUINOSE?
- No single letter can be added to PRUINOSE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of PRUINOSE:
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