VILLUS is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. VILLUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept VILLUS?
| 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: 24 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VILLUS is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VILLUS
No single letter turns VILLUS into another word.
How VILLUS scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in VILLUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 689,845.
What does VILLUS mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A tiny finger-shaped projection growing from the surface of a membrane, such as the lining of the small intestine.
Millions of villi cover the inner wall of the small intestine, and each villus multiplies the surface through which digested food passes into the blood. The word is Latin for tuft of hair, which describes how the structures look under a microscope. In plain talk it can also mean soft, shaggy hair on a plant or animal, though that use is rare.
How VILLUS is used
Technical, from anatomy and biology; the plural is villi.
- Each villus contains a tiny blood vessel.
- Damage to a single villus reduces absorption very little.
- The slide shows one villus magnified a hundred times.
- A healthy villus stands tall and slender.
- The student sketched a villus and labelled its parts.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VILLUS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in VILLUS
Common questions about VILLUS
- Is VILLUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VILLUS, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VILLUS worth?
- VILLUS is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VILLUS mean?
- A tiny finger-shaped projection growing from the surface of a membrane, such as the lining of the small intestine.
- What letters can be added to VILLUS?
- No single letter can be added to VILLUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of VILLUS:
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