PRUNELLA is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. PRUNELLA 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 PRUNELLA?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PRUNELLA is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PRUNELLA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
prunellasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PRUNELLA scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in PRUNELLA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PRUNELLA has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PRUNELLA mean in Scrabble?
noun
A low creeping plant of the mint family with purplish flowers, or a strong twill fabric once used for gowns and shoe uppers.
Gardeners meet prunella as a tough ground cover that thrives in lawns and damp borders. Readers of older books may instead find it as a dark worsted cloth, which is why the same spelling turns up in both herbals and tailoring accounts.
How PRUNELLA is used
Used in gardening for the plant and in historical texts for the cloth.
- Prunella spread quietly across the shady corner of the lawn.
- The curate wore a gown of black prunella.
- Bees love the purple spikes of prunella in July.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PRUNELLA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PRUNELLA
1 longer words begin with PRUNELLA.
Shorter words from the letters in PRUNELLA
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Common questions about PRUNELLA
- Is PRUNELLA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PRUNELLA, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PRUNELLA worth?
- PRUNELLA is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PRUNELLA mean?
- A low creeping plant of the mint family with purplish flowers, or a strong twill fabric once used for gowns and shoe uppers.
- What letters can be added to PRUNELLA?
- PRUNELLA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of PRUNELLA:
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