BICONVEX is a valid Scrabble word — 22 points
Yes. BICONVEX is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 22 points in Scrabble and 26 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BICONVEX?
| 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: 47 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BICONVEX is to know. It scores 22 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BICONVEX
No single letter turns BICONVEX into another word.
How BICONVEX scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in BICONVEX, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BICONVEX has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about BICONVEX
- All 8 letters of BICONVEX are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does BICONVEX mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Curving outward on both sides, like a lens shaped like a lentil.
A biconvex lens is thicker in the middle than at the edge and brings light rays together to a point. That is why simple magnifying glasses are made this way.
How BICONVEX is used
Biconvex is used in optics and biology to describe shapes bulging on both faces.
- A biconvex lens focuses parallel rays of light.
- The seed had a small, biconvex shape.
- The magnifier in his drawer was a biconvex piece of glass.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BICONVEX and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BICONVEX
2 longer words begin with BICONVEX.
Shorter words from the letters in BICONVEX
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Common questions about BICONVEX
- Is BICONVEX valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BICONVEX, where it scores 26 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BICONVEX worth?
- BICONVEX is worth 22 points in Scrabble and 26 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BICONVEX mean?
- Curving outward on both sides, like a lens shaped like a lentil.
- What letters can be added to BICONVEX?
- No single letter can be added to BICONVEX to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of BICONVEX:
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