APOD is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. APOD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept APOD?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful APOD is to know. It scores 7 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for APOD
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How APOD scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in APOD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 6,808.
What does APOD mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
An animal that lacks feet or limbs, such as certain legless amphibians.
Apod is used in zoology to describe animals like caecilians, a group of limbless, worm-like amphibians. The term distinguishes such creatures from related species that retain legs or fin-like appendages.
How APOD is used
Technical term found mainly in zoological and biological classification texts.
- The caecilian is a classic example of an apod.
- Researchers studied how an apod moves without limbs.
- The museum display labeled the specimen as an apod.
- An apod relies on muscular contractions instead of legs to move.
- Some legless lizards are informally grouped with true apods.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of APOD and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of APOD
The 4 tiles of APOD in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with APOD
15 longer words begin with APOD.
Words ending in APOD
6 words end in APOD. Useful as a back hook: play APOD onto a word already on the board.
Words with APOD inside
Showing 24 of 38 words that contain APOD somewhere in the middle. Words that start with APOD are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in APOD
Common questions about APOD
- Is APOD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts APOD, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is APOD worth?
- APOD is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does APOD mean?
- An animal that lacks feet or limbs, such as certain legless amphibians.
- What letters can be added to APOD?
- APOD takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of APOD:
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