THYRSE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. THYRSE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept THYRSE?
| 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 THYRSE is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for THYRSE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
thyrsesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How THYRSE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in THYRSE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 172,461.
What stands out about THYRSE
- THYRSE gets by on a single vowel across 6 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does THYRSE mean in Scrabble?
noun
botanytechnical
A dense, branching flower cluster whose main stem keeps growing while the side branches end in flowers.
Botanists use thyrse for the plump, pyramid-shaped flower heads seen on lilac and on grape vines. The structure mixes two styles of flowering, with an open-ended central axis and short side clusters. It is a technical term and is most often met in plant descriptions and field guides.
How THYRSE is used
Technical botanical term; the form thyrsus is a related spelling.
- Each thyrse of the lilac held hundreds of tiny blossoms.
- The grape produces its flowers in a compact thyrse.
- A thyrse differs from a raceme because its side branches carry clusters.
- The horse chestnut shows a large upright thyrse in spring.
- Look for a thyrse when identifying this shrub.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of THYRSE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with THYRSE
1 longer words begin with THYRSE.
Shorter words from the letters in THYRSE
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Common questions about THYRSE
- Is THYRSE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts THYRSE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is THYRSE worth?
- THYRSE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does THYRSE mean?
- A dense, branching flower cluster whose main stem keeps growing while the side branches end in flowers.
- What letters can be added to THYRSE?
- THYRSE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of THYRSE:
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