ALGOID is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. ALGOID is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ALGOID?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ALGOID is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ALGOID
Front hooks — 1
valgoidBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How ALGOID scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ALGOID, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 38,325.
What does ALGOID mean in Scrabble?
adjective
botany
Resembling algae in appearance or structure; alga-like.
Naturalists use algoid to describe a growth, film, or organism that looks like algae without necessarily being classified among them, such as a slimy algoid coating on a rock or an algoid texture noted in an old field description. The word is built from alga plus the common suffix -oid, meaning resembling, the same pattern seen in words like humanoid or spheroid. It appears mainly in older natural-history writing and specialist description rather than in everyday speech about plants.
How ALGOID is used
A descriptive botanical term for a growth or texture that resembles algae, used mainly in older or specialist natural-history writing.
- A thin algoid film coated the shaded side of the rock.
- The naturalist noted an algoid texture on the damp bark.
- Under the lens, the growth looked distinctly algoid.
- The pond's stones were covered in a slippery algoid layer.
- Old field notes described the mat as algoid rather than mossy.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ALGOID and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ALGOID
The 6 tiles of ALGOID in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in ALGOID
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Common questions about ALGOID
- Is ALGOID valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ALGOID, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ALGOID worth?
- ALGOID is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ALGOID mean?
- Resembling algae in appearance or structure; alga-like.
- What letters can be added to ALGOID?
- ALGOID takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ALGOID:
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