VENTRICOSE is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. VENTRICOSE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept VENTRICOSE?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VENTRICOSE is to know. It scores 15 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VENTRICOSE
No single letter turns VENTRICOSE into another word.
How VENTRICOSE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in VENTRICOSE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so VENTRICOSE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does VENTRICOSE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technicalbotanyzoology
Swollen or bulging in the middle or on one side.
Ventricose is a descriptive term from natural history for shells, seed pods and flowers with an obvious swelling. In older writing it could also mean big-bellied.
How VENTRICOSE is used
Ventricose is used in botany and zoology to describe a swollen or inflated shape.
- The ventricose corolla was swollen like a tiny balloon.
- Collectors prized the ventricose shell for its rounded form.
- The plant bears ventricose pods in late summer.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VENTRICOSE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in VENTRICOSE
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Common questions about VENTRICOSE
- Is VENTRICOSE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VENTRICOSE, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VENTRICOSE worth?
- VENTRICOSE is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VENTRICOSE mean?
- Swollen or bulging in the middle or on one side.
- What letters can be added to VENTRICOSE?
- No single letter can be added to VENTRICOSE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of VENTRICOSE:
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