SCALARIFORM is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. SCALARIFORM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SCALARIFORM?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SCALARIFORM is to know. It scores 18 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SCALARIFORM
No single letter turns SCALARIFORM into another word.
How SCALARIFORM scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in SCALARIFORM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SCALARIFORM has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SCALARIFORM mean in Scrabble?
adjective
botanytechnical
Shaped like a ladder, with cross-bars or markings resembling rungs.
Botanists apply scalariform to the walls of certain plant cells, where thickened bands run across like the steps of a ladder. The word is built from the Latin for ladder. Outside biology it is rarely met.
How SCALARIFORM is used
Scalariform appears in botany and anatomy texts to describe ladder-like patterns.
- Fern tissue under the microscope shows scalariform thickening in its cells.
- The scalariform pattern on the vessel wall was clearly visible.
- A scalariform arrangement of bars crossed the narrow pit.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SCALARIFORM and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SCALARIFORM
1 longer words begin with SCALARIFORM.
Shorter words from the letters in SCALARIFORM
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Common questions about SCALARIFORM
- Is SCALARIFORM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SCALARIFORM, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SCALARIFORM worth?
- SCALARIFORM is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SCALARIFORM mean?
- Shaped like a ladder, with cross-bars or markings resembling rungs.
- What letters can be added to SCALARIFORM?
- No single letter can be added to SCALARIFORM to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of SCALARIFORM:
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