STAMINODIUM is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. STAMINODIUM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept STAMINODIUM?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful STAMINODIUM is to know. It scores 16 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for STAMINODIUM
No single letter turns STAMINODIUM into another word.
How STAMINODIUM scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in STAMINODIUM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 2 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so STAMINODIUM has to be built on the board across turns.
What does STAMINODIUM mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A sterile stamen, or a flower part that looks like a stamen but produces no pollen.
A staminodium has lost its pollen-bearing function, yet it may stay in the flower as a small scale or a showy petal-like part. Botanists notice a staminodium in orchids and in many ginger relatives.
How STAMINODIUM is used
Used in botany; the plural is staminodia, and the shorter form staminode means the same thing.
- Each flower carried a single staminodium beside the fertile stamens.
- The staminodium looked like a tiny petal and produced no pollen.
- Students found a staminodium when they dissected the canna bloom.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of STAMINODIUM and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in STAMINODIUM
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Common questions about STAMINODIUM
- Is STAMINODIUM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts STAMINODIUM, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is STAMINODIUM worth?
- STAMINODIUM is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does STAMINODIUM mean?
- A sterile stamen, or a flower part that looks like a stamen but produces no pollen.
- What letters can be added to STAMINODIUM?
- No single letter can be added to STAMINODIUM to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of STAMINODIUM:
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