SPOROPHYLL is a valid Scrabble word — 20 points
Yes. SPOROPHYLL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 20 points in Scrabble and 22 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SPOROPHYLL?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SPOROPHYLL is to know. It scores 20 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SPOROPHYLL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
sporophyllsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SPOROPHYLL scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in SPOROPHYLL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| p | 2 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SPOROPHYLL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SPOROPHYLL mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A leaf, usually modified in form, that carries the spore-producing organs of a plant.
In ferns and clubmosses the sporophyll bears the sporangia, which release the spores. Sometimes a sporophyll looks much like an ordinary leaf, and sometimes it is small and scale-like.
How SPOROPHYLL is used
A specialist botanical term; sporophyll is contrasted with an ordinary foliage leaf.
- Each sporophyll on the cone carried two sporangia.
- The fern's sporophyll was brown and covered in tiny spots.
- A botanist compared the sporophyll with the green foliage leaf.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SPOROPHYLL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SPOROPHYLL
1 longer words begin with SPOROPHYLL.
Shorter words from the letters in SPOROPHYLL
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Common questions about SPOROPHYLL
- Is SPOROPHYLL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SPOROPHYLL, where it scores 22 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SPOROPHYLL worth?
- SPOROPHYLL is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SPOROPHYLL mean?
- A leaf, usually modified in form, that carries the spore-producing organs of a plant.
- What letters can be added to SPOROPHYLL?
- SPOROPHYLL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of SPOROPHYLL:
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