TRITICUM is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. TRITICUM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TRITICUM?
| 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 TRITICUM is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TRITICUM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
triticumsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TRITICUM scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in TRITICUM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 2 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so TRITICUM has to be built on the board across turns.
What does TRITICUM mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
The genus of cereal grasses that includes common wheat and its close relatives.
Botanists write Triticum when naming wheat species, such as the bread wheat Triticum aestivum. The genus is the basis of much of the world's flour and has been farmed for thousands of years.
How TRITICUM is used
Scientific Latin name used in botany and agriculture.
- Triticum includes both bread wheat and durum.
- The farm trials compared several triticum varieties.
- A triticum crop covered the valley.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TRITICUM and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TRITICUM
1 longer words begin with TRITICUM.
Shorter words from the letters in TRITICUM
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Common questions about TRITICUM
- Is TRITICUM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TRITICUM, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TRITICUM worth?
- TRITICUM is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TRITICUM mean?
- The genus of cereal grasses that includes common wheat and its close relatives.
- What letters can be added to TRITICUM?
- TRITICUM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of TRITICUM:
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