STROBILE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. STROBILE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept STROBILE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful STROBILE is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for STROBILE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
strobilesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How STROBILE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in STROBILE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so STROBILE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about STROBILE
- All 8 letters of STROBILE are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does STROBILE mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A cone-like structure made of overlapping scales, such as a pine cone or the fruit cluster of the hop.
A strobile is a reproductive structure that carries seeds or spores between its scales. Pines, club mosses and horsetails all produce one, and brewers know the hop strobile as the part used for flavouring beer.
How STROBILE is used
Strobile is a botanical term for cone-like fruiting structures.
- The pine strobile opened its scales to release the seeds.
- Brewers pick each hop strobile when it is ripe.
- A strobile grew at the tip of the horsetail stem.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of STROBILE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of STROBILE
The 8 tiles of STROBILE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with STROBILE
1 longer words begin with STROBILE.
Shorter words from the letters in STROBILE
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Common questions about STROBILE
- Is STROBILE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts STROBILE, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is STROBILE worth?
- STROBILE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does STROBILE mean?
- A cone-like structure made of overlapping scales, such as a pine cone or the fruit cluster of the hop.
- What letters can be added to STROBILE?
- STROBILE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of STROBILE:
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