RAUWOLFIA is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. RAUWOLFIA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RAUWOLFIA?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RAUWOLFIA is to know. It scores 15 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RAUWOLFIA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
rauwolfiasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How RAUWOLFIA scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in RAUWOLFIA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so RAUWOLFIA has to be built on the board across turns.
What does RAUWOLFIA mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A tropical shrub or small tree whose roots yield drugs used to lower blood pressure and calm patients.
Several medicines come from rauwolfia, the best known being reserpine. Traditional healers in India used the root long before laboratory chemists isolated its active compounds.
How RAUWOLFIA is used
Used in botany and the history of medicine.
- Reserpine was first extracted from rauwolfia roots.
- The rauwolfia shrub grows in warm, humid forests.
- Doctors once prescribed rauwolfia for high blood pressure.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RAUWOLFIA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with RAUWOLFIA
1 longer words begin with RAUWOLFIA.
Shorter words from the letters in RAUWOLFIA
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Common questions about RAUWOLFIA
- Is RAUWOLFIA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RAUWOLFIA, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RAUWOLFIA worth?
- RAUWOLFIA is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RAUWOLFIA mean?
- A tropical shrub or small tree whose roots yield drugs used to lower blood pressure and calm patients.
- What letters can be added to RAUWOLFIA?
- RAUWOLFIA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of RAUWOLFIA:
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