TOMENTOSE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. TOMENTOSE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TOMENTOSE?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TOMENTOSE is to know. It scores 11 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TOMENTOSE
No single letter turns TOMENTOSE into another word.
How TOMENTOSE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in TOMENTOSE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 2 | 6 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so TOMENTOSE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does TOMENTOSE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
botany
Covered with a dense layer of short, soft, matted hairs.
Botanists call a leaf or stem tomentose when it feels like felt or wool. Many plants of dry places grow such hairs to cut water loss. The word describes surface texture and is mostly found in plant guides.
How TOMENTOSE is used
Used in botany and plant identification, usually about leaves, stems or buds.
- The tomentose leaves felt like soft felt under her fingers.
- Identify the shrub by its tomentose young shoots.
- A tomentose coating protects the buds from frost.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TOMENTOSE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in TOMENTOSE
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Common questions about TOMENTOSE
- Is TOMENTOSE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TOMENTOSE, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TOMENTOSE worth?
- TOMENTOSE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TOMENTOSE mean?
- Covered with a dense layer of short, soft, matted hairs.
- What letters can be added to TOMENTOSE?
- No single letter can be added to TOMENTOSE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of TOMENTOSE:
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