TOYON is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. TOYON is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TOYON?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TOYON is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TOYON
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
toyonsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TOYON scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in TOYON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 37,345.
What does TOYON mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
An evergreen shrub or small tree native to California, related to the rose family, with clusters of small white flowers followed by bright red berries often cut for winter decoration.
Toyon grows wild across California hillsides and canyons, and its heavy clusters of red berries ripen in late autumn, exactly when they are traditionally gathered for holiday wreaths and decorations, earning the plant its common nickname Christmas berry. Native peoples of California historically used parts of the toyon plant for food and medicine after careful preparation, since raw berries contain compounds that require cooking to be safely eaten. Botanists sometimes compare toyon's appearance to holly because of the similar red-berry, evergreen-leaf combination, even though the two plants are not closely related. Because toyon tolerates dry conditions well, landscapers in California increasingly plant it as a low-maintenance, drought-tolerant shrub in gardens and along roadsides.
How TOYON is used
A botanical term used mainly in writing about California native plants and landscaping.
- The hillside was covered in toyon heavy with red berries.
- They gathered toyon branches to decorate the mantel for the holidays.
- The nursery recommended toyon for a drought-tolerant native garden.
- Early settlers sometimes called the toyon shrub Christmas berry.
- Birds fed eagerly on the ripe toyon berries in December.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TOYON and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TOYON
1 longer words begin with TOYON.
Shorter words from the letters in TOYON
Common questions about TOYON
- Is TOYON valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TOYON, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TOYON worth?
- TOYON is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TOYON mean?
- An evergreen shrub or small tree native to California, related to the rose family, with clusters of small white flowers followed by bright red berries often cut for winter decoration.
- What letters can be added to TOYON?
- TOYON takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of TOYON:
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