SANSEVIERIA is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. SANSEVIERIA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SANSEVIERIA?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SANSEVIERIA is to know. It scores 14 from 11 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SANSEVIERIA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
sansevieriasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SANSEVIERIA scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in SANSEVIERIA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 2 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SANSEVIERIA has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SANSEVIERIA mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A tropical houseplant with stiff, mottled, sword-shaped leaves.
Sansevieria is valued indoors because it survives low light and irregular watering. Its upright leaves earned it the nickname mother-in-law's tongue, and some species once yielded useful fibre.
How SANSEVIERIA is used
Used in gardening and plant-care writing for a genus in the agave family.
- A sansevieria thrives even on a dim windowsill.
- She repotted the sansevieria after its roots filled the pot.
- The sansevieria is a common office plant.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SANSEVIERIA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SANSEVIERIA
1 longer words begin with SANSEVIERIA.
Shorter words from the letters in SANSEVIERIA
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Common questions about SANSEVIERIA
- Is SANSEVIERIA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SANSEVIERIA, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SANSEVIERIA worth?
- SANSEVIERIA is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SANSEVIERIA mean?
- A tropical houseplant with stiff, mottled, sword-shaped leaves.
- What letters can be added to SANSEVIERIA?
- SANSEVIERIA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of SANSEVIERIA:
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