BACTERIOIDS is valid in Collins, not in North America — 16 points
It depends on the list you play by. BACTERIOIDS is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 16 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept BACTERIOIDS?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BACTERIOIDS is to know. It scores 16 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BACTERIOIDS
No single letter turns BACTERIOIDS into another word.
How BACTERIOIDS scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in BACTERIOIDS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BACTERIOIDS has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about BACTERIOIDS
- BACTERIOIDS runs three vowels in a row, which almost no English word does.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
Anagrams of BACTERIOIDS
The 11 tiles of BACTERIOIDS in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in BACTERIOIDS
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Common questions about BACTERIOIDS
- Is BACTERIOIDS valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and BACTERIOIDS is not in it.
- How many points is BACTERIOIDS worth?
- BACTERIOIDS is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What letters can be added to BACTERIOIDS?
- No single letter can be added to BACTERIOIDS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of BACTERIOIDS:
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