SPORANGIUM is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. SPORANGIUM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SPORANGIUM?
| 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: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SPORANGIUM is to know. It scores 15 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SPORANGIUM
No single letter turns SPORANGIUM into another word.
How SPORANGIUM scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in SPORANGIUM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SPORANGIUM has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about SPORANGIUM
- All 10 letters of SPORANGIUM are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SPORANGIUM mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A case or sac in ferns, fungi and similar plants in which spores are produced.
A sporangium is where spores develop before release. On a fern frond the sporangia appear as small brown dots on the underside.
How SPORANGIUM is used
Botanical term; plural sporangia.
- Each sporangium splits open to release its spores.
- The sporangium of the fern is visible under a hand lens.
- Mould grows from a sporangium on a stalk.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SPORANGIUM and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in SPORANGIUM
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Common questions about SPORANGIUM
- Is SPORANGIUM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SPORANGIUM, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SPORANGIUM worth?
- SPORANGIUM is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SPORANGIUM mean?
- A case or sac in ferns, fungi and similar plants in which spores are produced.
- What letters can be added to SPORANGIUM?
- No single letter can be added to SPORANGIUM to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of SPORANGIUM:
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