PSORALEA is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. PSORALEA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PSORALEA?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PSORALEA is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PSORALEA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
psoraleasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PSORALEA scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in PSORALEA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PSORALEA has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PSORALEA mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A large genus of herbs and shrubs of the bean family, with glandular leaves and purple or white flower spikes.
Botanists use psoralea for these gland-dotted plants of warm regions, some of which were once used in folk medicine. The name is also the root of psoralen, the compound first extracted from related species.
How PSORALEA is used
Appears in botanical keys and plant catalogues.
- The psoralea bloomed in a tangle of purple spikes.
- A psoralea shrub grew beside the dry creek.
- She pressed a sprig of psoralea in her herbarium.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PSORALEA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PSORALEA
1 longer words begin with PSORALEA.
Shorter words from the letters in PSORALEA
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Common questions about PSORALEA
- Is PSORALEA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PSORALEA, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PSORALEA worth?
- PSORALEA is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PSORALEA mean?
- A large genus of herbs and shrubs of the bean family, with glandular leaves and purple or white flower spikes.
- What letters can be added to PSORALEA?
- PSORALEA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of PSORALEA:
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