RAFFLESIA is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. RAFFLESIA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RAFFLESIA?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RAFFLESIA is to know. It scores 15 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RAFFLESIA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
rafflesiasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How RAFFLESIA scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in RAFFLESIA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| f | 2 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so RAFFLESIA has to be built on the board across turns.
What does RAFFLESIA mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A leafless parasitic plant of Southeast Asia whose enormous flower smells like rotting meat.
The rafflesia has no stem, leaves or roots of its own and lives inside a host vine. Its giant bloom is one of the largest in the world and lures flies that pollinate it.
How RAFFLESIA is used
Used in botany and travel writing about Indonesian and Malaysian forests.
- Tourists travelled deep into the forest to see a rafflesia in bloom.
- The rafflesia flower can be nearly a metre across.
- Because the rafflesia is rare, guides protect its known sites.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RAFFLESIA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with RAFFLESIA
1 longer words begin with RAFFLESIA.
Shorter words from the letters in RAFFLESIA
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Common questions about RAFFLESIA
- Is RAFFLESIA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RAFFLESIA, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RAFFLESIA worth?
- RAFFLESIA is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RAFFLESIA mean?
- A leafless parasitic plant of Southeast Asia whose enormous flower smells like rotting meat.
- What letters can be added to RAFFLESIA?
- RAFFLESIA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of RAFFLESIA:
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