PRUNUS is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. PRUNUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PRUNUS?
| 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: 22 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PRUNUS is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PRUNUS
No single letter turns PRUNUS into another word.
How PRUNUS scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in PRUNUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 689,845.
What does PRUNUS mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A large genus of trees and shrubs, including plum, cherry, peach, and almond, grown for their fruit, wood, or ornamental spring blossom.
The genus prunus covers dozens of familiar orchard and garden trees, from fruit-bearing plums, cherries, and peaches to almonds grown mainly for their nuts. Many ornamental varieties are planted purely for their spectacular spring flowering, as with the flowering cherries prized in parks and gardens. Botanists group these plants together because they share a similar flower structure and typically produce a fruit with a single hard-shelled seed, known as a drupe. The word appears in both scientific plant names and everyday gardening writing whenever someone wants to refer to the whole family of related trees rather than just one kind.
How PRUNUS is used
Used in botanical, horticultural, and gardening writing to refer to the genus as a whole.
- The orchard grew several species of prunus for their fruit.
- Flowering prunus trees lined the avenue in early spring.
- Botanists classify the almond as a member of prunus.
- The nursery sold ornamental prunus alongside fruiting varieties.
- Cherry, plum, and peach all belong to the genus prunus.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PRUNUS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PRUNUS
The 6 tiles of PRUNUS in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with PRUNUS
1 longer words begin with PRUNUS.
Shorter words from the letters in PRUNUS
Common questions about PRUNUS
- Is PRUNUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PRUNUS, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PRUNUS worth?
- PRUNUS is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PRUNUS mean?
- A large genus of trees and shrubs, including plum, cherry, peach, and almond, grown for their fruit, wood, or ornamental spring blossom.
- What letters can be added to PRUNUS?
- No single letter can be added to PRUNUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of PRUNUS:
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