RHIZOME is a valid Scrabble word — 21 points
Yes. RHIZOME is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 21 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RHIZOME?
| 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: 64 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RHIZOME is to know. It scores 21 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RHIZOME
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
rhizomesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How RHIZOME scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in RHIZOME, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 771,970.
What does RHIZOME mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A thick horizontal underground plant stem that sends out roots below and shoots above.
A rhizome stores food and lets a plant spread sideways, which is why ginger, iris and bamboo can colonise a whole bed. Cutting a rhizome into pieces is a standard way to propagate such plants. Philosophers have also borrowed rhizome for networks with no single centre.
How RHIZOME is used
Used in botany and gardening, and figuratively in philosophy.
- Ginger is grown from a fleshy rhizome.
- Each piece of rhizome you divide can grow into a new iris.
- The weed spreads through a creeping rhizome that is hard to dig out.
- The essay describes the web as a rhizome without a centre.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RHIZOME and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with RHIZOME
1 longer words begin with RHIZOME.
Shorter words from the letters in RHIZOME
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Common questions about RHIZOME
- Is RHIZOME valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RHIZOME, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RHIZOME worth?
- RHIZOME is worth 21 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RHIZOME mean?
- A thick horizontal underground plant stem that sends out roots below and shoots above.
- What letters can be added to RHIZOME?
- RHIZOME takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of RHIZOME:
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