THUYA is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. THUYA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept THUYA?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful THUYA is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for THUYA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
thuyasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How THUYA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in THUYA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 87,138.
What does THUYA mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
An evergreen coniferous tree of the cypress family, also known as arbor-vitae, or the fragrant, richly patterned wood taken from it.
Thuya, also spelled thuja, names a group of scale-leaved conifers grown widely as garden hedging and ornamental trees across temperate regions. Cabinet-makers prize thuya burr, cut from the base of certain North African trees, for its swirling grain and warm colour, and it appears in fine furniture and car interiors under the same name. The tree's resinous wood resists decay, which is why thuya has long been used for garden screens, fence posts and small carved objects. Although thuya and thuja refer to the same plant, thuya is the more common spelling in furniture and perfumery, while thuja is preferred in botanical writing.
How THUYA is used
Used mainly in botany, horticulture and woodworking, referring either to the living tree or to its decorative timber.
- A row of thuya hedges lined the edge of the garden.
- The dashboard was finished in polished thuya wood.
- Thuya grows well in cool, temperate climates.
- Craftsmen value thuya burr for its unusual swirling grain.
- The nursery sold young thuya trees for hedging.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of THUYA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with THUYA
1 longer words begin with THUYA.
Shorter words from the letters in THUYA
Common questions about THUYA
- Is THUYA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts THUYA, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is THUYA worth?
- THUYA is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does THUYA mean?
- An evergreen coniferous tree of the cypress family, also known as arbor-vitae, or the fragrant, richly patterned wood taken from it.
- What letters can be added to THUYA?
- THUYA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of THUYA:
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