JAPONICA

What JAPONICA Means

1. noun: greenhouse shrub with glossy green leaves and showy fragrant rose-like flowers; cultivated in many varieties
2. noun: deciduous thorny shrub native to Japan having red blossoms

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

JAPONICA is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 19 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as J8 A1 P3 O1 N1 I1 C3 A1.

Words Made From The Letters In JAPONICA

71 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

6 letter words (1)

5 letter words (7)

4 letter words (25)

3 letter words (23)

2 letter words (15)

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