BIOPLASM is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. BIOPLASM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BIOPLASM?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BIOPLASM is to know. It scores 14 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BIOPLASM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
bioplasmsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BIOPLASM scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in BIOPLASM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BIOPLASM has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about BIOPLASM
- All 8 letters of BIOPLASM are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does BIOPLASM mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
Living protoplasm, the substance through which life shows itself in a cell.
The nineteenth-century physician Lionel Beale proposed bioplasm to separate the active living matter of a cell from its lifeless parts. Modern biology has dropped the term, so you meet it mostly in historical texts.
How BIOPLASM is used
Appears in old scientific literature.
- Beale described the bioplasm as the true living part of the cell.
- The old textbook spoke of bioplasm where we now say cytoplasm.
- Dead tissue contains no bioplasm.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BIOPLASM and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BIOPLASM
2 longer words begin with BIOPLASM.
Shorter words from the letters in BIOPLASM
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Common questions about BIOPLASM
- Is BIOPLASM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BIOPLASM, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BIOPLASM worth?
- BIOPLASM is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BIOPLASM mean?
- Living protoplasm, the substance through which life shows itself in a cell.
- What letters can be added to BIOPLASM?
- BIOPLASM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of BIOPLASM:
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