VERRUCOSE is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. VERRUCOSE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept VERRUCOSE?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VERRUCOSE is to know. It scores 14 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VERRUCOSE
No single letter turns VERRUCOSE into another word.
How VERRUCOSE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in VERRUCOSE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so VERRUCOSE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does VERRUCOSE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Covered with small wart-like bumps.
Naturalists describe the rough skin of some toads, lichens and seed pods as verrucose. The word is purely descriptive of texture and carries no suggestion of disease unless it is used in medicine.
How VERRUCOSE is used
Verrucose appears in biological descriptions of surfaces.
- The toad had a dry, verrucose back.
- The verrucose surface of the fruit is typical of the species.
- Botanists noted the verrucose bark of the young tree.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VERRUCOSE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of VERRUCOSE
The 9 tiles of VERRUCOSE in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in VERRUCOSE
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Common questions about VERRUCOSE
- Is VERRUCOSE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VERRUCOSE, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VERRUCOSE worth?
- VERRUCOSE is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VERRUCOSE mean?
- Covered with small wart-like bumps.
- What letters can be added to VERRUCOSE?
- No single letter can be added to VERRUCOSE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of VERRUCOSE:
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