SPLEENWORT is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. SPLEENWORT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SPLEENWORT?
| 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 SPLEENWORT is to know. It scores 15 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SPLEENWORT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
spleenwortsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SPLEENWORT scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in SPLEENWORT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SPLEENWORT has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SPLEENWORT mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A small fern of the genus Asplenium, often growing on rocks and walls.
Spleenwort was named for an old belief that it cured diseases of the spleen. Today a spleenwort is mostly noticed as a tidy rosette of fronds in wall cracks.
How SPLEENWORT is used
Botanical and gardening word for several related ferns.
- A spleenwort grew from a crack in the stone wall.
- The walker identified a maidenhair spleenwort by its stem.
- Herbalists once prescribed spleenwort for the spleen.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SPLEENWORT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SPLEENWORT
1 longer words begin with SPLEENWORT.
Shorter words from the letters in SPLEENWORT
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Common questions about SPLEENWORT
- Is SPLEENWORT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SPLEENWORT, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SPLEENWORT worth?
- SPLEENWORT is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SPLEENWORT mean?
- A small fern of the genus Asplenium, often growing on rocks and walls.
- What letters can be added to SPLEENWORT?
- SPLEENWORT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of SPLEENWORT:
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