SCABIOUS is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. SCABIOUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SCABIOUS?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SCABIOUS is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SCABIOUS
No single letter turns SCABIOUS into another word.
How SCABIOUS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in SCABIOUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 2 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SCABIOUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about SCABIOUS
- SCABIOUS runs three vowels in a row, which almost no English word does.
- SCABIOUS begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SCABIOUS mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A plant of the teasel family with pincushion-shaped flower heads, most often blue, pink or white.
Gardeners grow scabious for its long-stemmed, domed flowers that attract bees and butterflies. The word is also an old adjective meaning affected with mange or scabby, which explains the plant name through its former use as a skin remedy.
How SCABIOUS is used
Used in gardening and wildflower writing; the adjective sense meaning scabby is rare.
- A blue scabious nodded in the meadow grass.
- The border was filled with pink and white scabious.
- Butterflies gathered on the scabious all afternoon.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SCABIOUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SCABIOUS
1 longer words begin with SCABIOUS.
Shorter words from the letters in SCABIOUS
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Common questions about SCABIOUS
- Is SCABIOUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SCABIOUS, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SCABIOUS worth?
- SCABIOUS is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SCABIOUS mean?
- A plant of the teasel family with pincushion-shaped flower heads, most often blue, pink or white.
- What letters can be added to SCABIOUS?
- No single letter can be added to SCABIOUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of SCABIOUS:
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