ARILLOID is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. ARILLOID is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ARILLOID?
| 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 ARILLOID is to know. It scores 9 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ARILLOID
No single letter turns ARILLOID into another word.
How ARILLOID scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ARILLOID, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ARILLOID has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ARILLOID mean in Scrabble?
adjective
botanyrare
Resembling an aril, the fleshy covering of some seeds.
Arilloid is applied to a seed appendage that looks and acts like an aril without being one by origin. It also works as a noun for such a structure, and is largely confined to plant descriptions.
How ARILLOID is used
Arilloid is used in botanical descriptions of seeds.
- The seed has an arilloid outgrowth that attracts ants.
- An arilloid covering surrounds each nutmeg.
- The key describes the arilloid tissue as fleshy and orange.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ARILLOID and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ARILLOID
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Common questions about ARILLOID
- Is ARILLOID valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ARILLOID, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ARILLOID worth?
- ARILLOID is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ARILLOID mean?
- Resembling an aril, the fleshy covering of some seeds.
- What letters can be added to ARILLOID?
- No single letter can be added to ARILLOID to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ARILLOID:
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