SPHAGNUM is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. SPHAGNUM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SPHAGNUM?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SPHAGNUM is to know. It scores 16 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SPHAGNUM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
sphagnumsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SPHAGNUM scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in SPHAGNUM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SPHAGNUM has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about SPHAGNUM
- All 8 letters of SPHAGNUM are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SPHAGNUM mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A pale moss that grows in bogs and whose decayed remains build up into peat.
Sphagnum soaks up many times its own weight in water, so gardeners use it in hanging baskets and for rooting cuttings. Its slow decay in wet ground is what forms peat over centuries.
How SPHAGNUM is used
Used in botany, gardening and conservation writing about bogs.
- The orchid was packed in damp sphagnum.
- Sphagnum carpeted the floor of the bog.
- Peat forms slowly from layers of sphagnum.
- She lined the basket with sphagnum before planting.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SPHAGNUM and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SPHAGNUM
1 longer words begin with SPHAGNUM.
Shorter words from the letters in SPHAGNUM
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Common questions about SPHAGNUM
- Is SPHAGNUM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SPHAGNUM, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SPHAGNUM worth?
- SPHAGNUM is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SPHAGNUM mean?
- A pale moss that grows in bogs and whose decayed remains build up into peat.
- What letters can be added to SPHAGNUM?
- SPHAGNUM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of SPHAGNUM:
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