RHINOCEROS is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. RHINOCEROS 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 RHINOCEROS?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RHINOCEROS is to know. It scores 15 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RHINOCEROS
No single letter turns RHINOCEROS into another word.
How RHINOCEROS scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in RHINOCEROS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 2 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so RHINOCEROS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does RHINOCEROS mean in Scrabble?
noun
A large, heavy, thick-skinned plant-eating mammal of Africa and Asia with one or two horns on its snout.
The rhinoceros is among the biggest land animals after elephants, and all its species are under pressure from poaching and habitat loss. Its horn is made of keratin, the same material as hair and nails. People usually shorten the name to rhino in casual speech.
How RHINOCEROS is used
Rhinoceros is the full formal name; rhino is the everyday short form.
- A rhinoceros stood motionless at the waterhole.
- The white rhinoceros is the largest of its kind.
- Rangers guard the rhinoceros day and night against poachers.
- The child drew a rhinoceros with a single horn.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RHINOCEROS and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with RHINOCEROS
1 longer words begin with RHINOCEROS.
Shorter words from the letters in RHINOCEROS
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Common questions about RHINOCEROS
- Is RHINOCEROS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RHINOCEROS, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RHINOCEROS worth?
- RHINOCEROS is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RHINOCEROS mean?
- A large, heavy, thick-skinned plant-eating mammal of Africa and Asia with one or two horns on its snout.
- What letters can be added to RHINOCEROS?
- No single letter can be added to RHINOCEROS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of RHINOCEROS:
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