RAMENTUM is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. RAMENTUM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RAMENTUM?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RAMENTUM is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RAMENTUM
No single letter turns RAMENTUM into another word.
How RAMENTUM scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in RAMENTUM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 2 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so RAMENTUM has to be built on the board across turns.
What does RAMENTUM mean in Scrabble?
noun
botanytechnical
A thin brownish scale growing on the stem or leaves of a fern.
Botanists use ramentum for the papery, chaff-like flakes that cover young fern growth. A ramentum is a flattened outgrowth of the surface layer, so it is different from a hair or a spine. The plural, ramenta, is the form usually met in plant descriptions.
How RAMENTUM is used
Used in botanical writing about ferns and similar plants.
- Each young frond was wrapped in a rusty ramentum that fell away as it unrolled.
- The botanist noted a pale ramentum along the stalk of the specimen.
- A single ramentum can be lifted off with tweezers and studied under a lens.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RAMENTUM and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in RAMENTUM
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Common questions about RAMENTUM
- Is RAMENTUM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RAMENTUM, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RAMENTUM worth?
- RAMENTUM is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RAMENTUM mean?
- A thin brownish scale growing on the stem or leaves of a fern.
- What letters can be added to RAMENTUM?
- No single letter can be added to RAMENTUM to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of RAMENTUM:
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