ALLANTOIS is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. ALLANTOIS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ALLANTOIS?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| 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: 25 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ALLANTOIS is to know. It scores 9 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ALLANTOIS
No single letter turns ALLANTOIS into another word.
How ALLANTOIS scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in ALLANTOIS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ALLANTOIS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ALLANTOIS mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A membranous sac that grows from the gut of an embryo in reptiles, birds and mammals and helps form the placenta.
In a bird egg the allantois collects waste and carries oxygen from the shell. In mammals it joins the chorion to form the placenta. Its remnants contribute to the umbilical cord.
How ALLANTOIS is used
Used in embryology and zoology.
- The allantois stores waste inside a developing egg.
- Students labelled the allantois on a diagram of the embryo.
- In humans the allantois plays only a small role.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ALLANTOIS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ALLANTOIS
1 longer words begin with ALLANTOIS.
Shorter words from the letters in ALLANTOIS
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Common questions about ALLANTOIS
- Is ALLANTOIS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ALLANTOIS, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ALLANTOIS worth?
- ALLANTOIS is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ALLANTOIS mean?
- A membranous sac that grows from the gut of an embryo in reptiles, birds and mammals and helps form the placenta.
- What letters can be added to ALLANTOIS?
- No single letter can be added to ALLANTOIS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of ALLANTOIS:
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