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Pyrethrum

p 3y 4r 1e 1t 1h 4r 1u 1m 3

About 3 syllables

noun · 9 letters · Uncommon

  • Scrabble US & Canada : valid
  • Scrabble UK & worldwide : valid
  • Words With Friends : valid
  • Wordle : not valid

What does pyrethrum mean?

noun

  1. made of dried flower heads of pyrethrum plants

  2. white-flowered pyrethrum of Balkan area whose pinnate leaves are white and silky-hairy below; source of an insecticide; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum

    Synonymsdalmatian pyrethrumdalmatia pyrethrumtanacetum cinerariifoliumchrysanthemum cinerariifolium

  3. spring-flowering garden perennial of Asiatic origin having finely divided aromatic leaves and white to pink-purple flowers; source of an insecticide; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum

    Synonymspainted daisytanacetum coccineumchrysanthemum coccineum

  4. used in former classifications for plants later placed in genus Chrysanthemum and now often included in genus Tanacetum

    Synonymsgenus pyrethrum

Is PYRETHRUM a valid word?

Game / word listValid?
Scrabble US & Canada (NWL / TWL) Yes
Scrabble UK & worldwide (Collins / SOWPODS) Yes
Words With Friends (ENABLE) Yes
Wordle (guess list) No

How many points is PYRETHRUM worth?

Scrabble

19 pts
p 3y 4r 1e 1t 1h 4r 1u 1m 3

Words With Friends

20 pts
p 4y 3r 1e 1t 1h 3r 1u 2m 4

Wordfeud

21 pts
p 4y 4r 1e 1t 1h 4r 1u 2m 3

NYT Crossplay

19 pts
p 3y 4r 1e 1t 1h 3r 1u 2m 3

Scores are the sum of the tile values, before premium squares or bingo bonuses.

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Pyrethrum: quick answers

Is PYRETHRUM a valid Scrabble word?
Yes. PYRETHRUM is accepted in both the North American (NWL) and the international Collins Scrabble word lists, and scores 19 points before board bonuses.
How many points is PYRETHRUM worth?
PYRETHRUM scores 19 points in Scrabble, 20 in Words With Friends, 21 in Wordfeud and 19 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.
What does pyrethrum mean?
As a noun, pyrethrum means “made of dried flower heads of pyrethrum plants”. It has 4 meanings in total, listed above.
What words can you make with the letters in PYRETHRUM?
You can make 174 shorter words from PYRETHRUM, such as HUMPTY, MURPHY, TUMPHY, HEMPY. See the full list.