SPIREA is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. SPIREA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SPIREA?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SPIREA is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SPIREA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
spireasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SPIREA scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SPIREA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 25,550.
What stands out about SPIREA
- The same 6 tiles also spell 5 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SPIREA mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A garden shrub of the rose family that bears dense clusters of small white or pink flowers.
Spireas are grown for their showy sprays of blossom in spring or summer and are valued because they are hardy and need little care. The name comes from Greek speira, a coil or wreath, perhaps from the way the branches are bent under their flowers. A shrub spelled spiraea in botanical books is the same plant, and the plural is spireas.
How SPIREA is used
Used in gardening and botany; also spelled spiraea.
- A white spirea bloomed beside the garden wall.
- She planted a row of spirea to screen the fence.
- Bees crowded the pink spirea in July.
- The hedge was a mix of lilac and spirea.
- Spirea needs pruning right after it flowers.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SPIREA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SPIREA
The 6 tiles of SPIREA in a different order — 5 found.
Words starting with SPIREA
1 longer words begin with SPIREA.
Shorter words from the letters in SPIREA
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Common questions about SPIREA
- Is SPIREA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SPIREA, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SPIREA worth?
- SPIREA is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SPIREA mean?
- A garden shrub of the rose family that bears dense clusters of small white or pink flowers.
- What letters can be added to SPIREA?
- SPIREA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SPIREA:
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