SIPHONOSTELE is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. SIPHONOSTELE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SIPHONOSTELE?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SIPHONOSTELE is to know. It scores 17 from 12 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SIPHONOSTELE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
siphonostelesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SIPHONOSTELE scores
Face value of the 12 tiles in SIPHONOSTELE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 2 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SIPHONOSTELE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SIPHONOSTELE mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A plant stem structure in which vascular tissue forms a ring around a central pith.
A siphonostele is found in many ferns and some flowering plants. Seen in cross-section, it looks like a hollow tube of transport tissue with soft pith at its centre.
How SIPHONOSTELE is used
A specialist term in plant anatomy.
- The fern stem has a clear siphonostele.
- A siphonostele differs from a solid central core of tissue.
- Students drew the siphonostele from the microscope slide.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SIPHONOSTELE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SIPHONOSTELE
1 longer words begin with SIPHONOSTELE.
Shorter words from the letters in SIPHONOSTELE
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Common questions about SIPHONOSTELE
- Is SIPHONOSTELE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SIPHONOSTELE, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SIPHONOSTELE worth?
- SIPHONOSTELE is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SIPHONOSTELE mean?
- A plant stem structure in which vascular tissue forms a ring around a central pith.
- What letters can be added to SIPHONOSTELE?
- SIPHONOSTELE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 12 letters of SIPHONOSTELE:
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