RHAMNUS is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. RHAMNUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RHAMNUS?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| 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: 47 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RHAMNUS is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RHAMNUS
No single letter turns RHAMNUS into another word.
How RHAMNUS scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in RHAMNUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 771,970.
What does RHAMNUS mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A genus of thorny shrubs and small trees, the buckthorns, of the family Rhamnaceae.
Rhamnus includes the common buckthorn, whose berries were once pressed for a purgative. Botanists use the name when classifying these shrubs, which grow mostly in the northern hemisphere.
How RHAMNUS is used
A botanical genus name used in scientific writing about buckthorns.
- The hedge was planted with a species of Rhamnus.
- Rhamnus cathartica is the purging buckthorn.
- The botanist labelled the shrub as a Rhamnus.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RHAMNUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with RHAMNUS
1 longer words begin with RHAMNUS.
Shorter words from the letters in RHAMNUS
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Common questions about RHAMNUS
- Is RHAMNUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RHAMNUS, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RHAMNUS worth?
- RHAMNUS is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RHAMNUS mean?
- A genus of thorny shrubs and small trees, the buckthorns, of the family Rhamnaceae.
- What letters can be added to RHAMNUS?
- No single letter can be added to RHAMNUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of RHAMNUS:
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