WISTERIA is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. WISTERIA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WISTERIA?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WISTERIA is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WISTERIA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
wisteriasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WISTERIA scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in WISTERIA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so WISTERIA has to be built on the board across turns.
What does WISTERIA mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A woody climbing plant of the pea family that bears long hanging clusters of fragrant bluish-lilac flowers.
Gardeners train wisteria over walls, arches and pergolas, where it needs strong supports because the stems thicken with age. It blooms heavily in late spring, and the spelling wistaria is a rarer variant.
How WISTERIA is used
Wisteria is used for the plant itself and for its flowers, usually in gardening and descriptive writing.
- The wisteria covered the whole front of the old house.
- A heavy scent of wisteria drifted across the terrace.
- They pruned the wisteria twice a year to keep it in check.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WISTERIA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WISTERIA
1 longer words begin with WISTERIA.
Shorter words from the letters in WISTERIA
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Common questions about WISTERIA
- Is WISTERIA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WISTERIA, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WISTERIA worth?
- WISTERIA is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WISTERIA mean?
- A woody climbing plant of the pea family that bears long hanging clusters of fragrant bluish-lilac flowers.
- What letters can be added to WISTERIA?
- WISTERIA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of WISTERIA:
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