TUBENOSE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. TUBENOSE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TUBENOSE?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TUBENOSE is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TUBENOSE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
tubenosesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TUBENOSE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in TUBENOSE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so TUBENOSE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does TUBENOSE mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A seabird with tubular nostrils on its beak, such as a petrel, shearwater or albatross.
The tubes on a tubenose help it excrete salt and sharpen its sense of smell, which it uses to find food far out at sea. Members of the group spend most of their lives on the open ocean.
How TUBENOSE is used
A bird-watching and zoological term, mostly in plural form when a tubenose group is discussed.
- The albatross is the largest tubenose in the world.
- A tubenose glided over the waves without a single wingbeat.
- Biologists tracked the tubenose across the whole ocean.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TUBENOSE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TUBENOSE
1 longer words begin with TUBENOSE.
Shorter words from the letters in TUBENOSE
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Common questions about TUBENOSE
- Is TUBENOSE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TUBENOSE, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TUBENOSE worth?
- TUBENOSE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TUBENOSE mean?
- A seabird with tubular nostrils on its beak, such as a petrel, shearwater or albatross.
- What letters can be added to TUBENOSE?
- TUBENOSE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of TUBENOSE:
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