SPOROPHORE is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. SPOROPHORE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SPOROPHORE?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SPOROPHORE is to know. It scores 17 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SPOROPHORE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
sporophoresChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SPOROPHORE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in SPOROPHORE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| p | 2 | 2 |
| o | 3 | 8 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SPOROPHORE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SPOROPHORE mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A spore-bearing structure, such as the visible fruiting body of a fungus.
The sporophore is the part that makes and releases spores, so a mushroom is the sporophore of its fungus. The rest of the organism lives hidden underground or in wood.
How SPOROPHORE is used
Sporophore is a term used in mycology and botany.
- The mushroom is the sporophore of the fungus.
- Each sporophore released millions of spores.
- A sporophore grew from the rotting log.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SPOROPHORE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SPOROPHORE
1 longer words begin with SPOROPHORE.
Shorter words from the letters in SPOROPHORE
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Common questions about SPOROPHORE
- Is SPOROPHORE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SPOROPHORE, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SPOROPHORE worth?
- SPOROPHORE is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SPOROPHORE mean?
- A spore-bearing structure, such as the visible fruiting body of a fungus.
- What letters can be added to SPOROPHORE?
- SPOROPHORE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of SPOROPHORE:
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