RIVULOSE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. RIVULOSE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RIVULOSE?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RIVULOSE is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RIVULOSE
No single letter turns RIVULOSE into another word.
How RIVULOSE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in RIVULOSE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so RIVULOSE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about RIVULOSE
- All 8 letters of RIVULOSE are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does RIVULOSE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Marked with fine, winding lines that look like the courses of small streams.
Rivulose is a descriptive term met in natural history for surfaces such as shells, leaves and insect wings. It names a pattern of wandering grooves, not a flowing liquid.
How RIVULOSE is used
Rivulose is almost always found in field guides and scientific descriptions of texture.
- The beetle has a rivulose pattern across its wing cases.
- A rivulose surface can help botanists tell the two leaves apart.
- The shell was pale and faintly rivulose near its rim.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RIVULOSE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in RIVULOSE
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Common questions about RIVULOSE
- Is RIVULOSE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RIVULOSE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RIVULOSE worth?
- RIVULOSE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RIVULOSE mean?
- Marked with fine, winding lines that look like the courses of small streams.
- What letters can be added to RIVULOSE?
- No single letter can be added to RIVULOSE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of RIVULOSE:
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