ACRODONT is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. ACRODONT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ACRODONT?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ACRODONT is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ACRODONT
Front hooks — 1
macrodontBack hooks — 1
acrodontsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ACRODONT scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ACRODONT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ACRODONT has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ACRODONT mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
An animal, such as a lizard, whose teeth are fixed to the top edge of the jaw bone instead of sitting in sockets.
An acrodont has teeth that are joined directly to the jawbone ridge, so worn teeth are not replaced. Chameleons and agamid lizards fall in this group. The word can also describe the tooth arrangement itself.
How ACRODONT is used
Acrodont is a zoological term for a type of tooth attachment found in some reptiles and fish.
- The bearded dragon is an acrodont, not a pleurodont.
- Any acrodont must live with the teeth it grows once.
- Paleontologists identified the fossil as an acrodont from its jaw.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ACRODONT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ACRODONT
1 longer words begin with ACRODONT.
Shorter words from the letters in ACRODONT
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Common questions about ACRODONT
- Is ACRODONT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ACRODONT, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ACRODONT worth?
- ACRODONT is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ACRODONT mean?
- An animal, such as a lizard, whose teeth are fixed to the top edge of the jaw bone instead of sitting in sockets.
- What letters can be added to ACRODONT?
- ACRODONT takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ACRODONT:
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