ANTHOZOAN is a valid Scrabble word — 21 points
Yes. ANTHOZOAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 21 points in Scrabble and 22 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ANTHOZOAN?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ANTHOZOAN is to know. It scores 21 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ANTHOZOAN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
anthozoansChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ANTHOZOAN scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in ANTHOZOAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ANTHOZOAN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ANTHOZOAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A marine animal of the class that includes sea anemones, corals and sea pens.
Every anthozoan lives as a polyp, with no drifting jellyfish stage, which sets this group apart from its cousins. A coral reef is really a huge colony of tiny anthozoan animals building stony skeletons.
How ANTHOZOAN is used
A technical term used in marine biology for members of the class Anthozoa.
- The sea anemone is a soft-bodied anthozoan that clings to rocks.
- Each coral polyp is an anthozoan living inside a limestone cup.
- The biologist sorted the specimens and set the anthozoan aside for closer study.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ANTHOZOAN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ANTHOZOAN
1 longer words begin with ANTHOZOAN.
Shorter words from the letters in ANTHOZOAN
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Common questions about ANTHOZOAN
- Is ANTHOZOAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ANTHOZOAN, where it scores 22 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ANTHOZOAN worth?
- ANTHOZOAN is worth 21 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ANTHOZOAN mean?
- A marine animal of the class that includes sea anemones, corals and sea pens.
- What letters can be added to ANTHOZOAN?
- ANTHOZOAN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of ANTHOZOAN:
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