VINCA is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. VINCA 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 VINCA?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VINCA is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VINCA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
vincasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How VINCA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in VINCA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 38,728.
What does VINCA mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A trailing evergreen plant of the genus Vinca, commonly called periwinkle, grown for its glossy leaves and blue or white flowers.
Gardeners plant vinca as a low, spreading ground cover because its trailing stems root as they spread and choke out weeds. The leaves stay glossy through much of the winter in many climates, which is why the plant is prized where little else keeps its color. Several distinct plants are sold under the name vinca, ranging from the hardy creeping kind used along paths to a bushier annual bedding form.
How VINCA is used
Used mainly in gardening contexts, both for the hardy perennial ground cover and for an unrelated annual bedding plant sold under the same name.
- The gardener planted vinca along the shaded border to cover the bare soil.
- Vinca spread quickly across the slope, its trailing stems rooting wherever they touched the ground.
- Blue vinca flowers opened among the glossy leaves in early spring.
- Nurseries sell both a creeping vinca and a bushier annual under the same common name.
- The old cemetery was carpeted with vinca that had spread untended for decades.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VINCA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with VINCA
1 longer words begin with VINCA.
Shorter words from the letters in VINCA
Common questions about VINCA
- Is VINCA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VINCA, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VINCA worth?
- VINCA is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VINCA mean?
- A trailing evergreen plant of the genus Vinca, commonly called periwinkle, grown for its glossy leaves and blue or white flowers.
- What letters can be added to VINCA?
- VINCA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of VINCA:
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