BIPAROUS is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. BIPAROUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BIPAROUS?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BIPAROUS is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BIPAROUS
No single letter turns BIPAROUS into another word.
How BIPAROUS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in BIPAROUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BIPAROUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about BIPAROUS
- All 8 letters of BIPAROUS are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does BIPAROUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
zoologytechnical
Producing two offspring at a single birth.
Biparous is used in zoology and animal breeding for a mother that regularly bears twins. In botany it can also describe a stem that forks into two branches.
How BIPAROUS is used
Biparous is a specialised term in biology.
- Sheep that are biparous often raise twin lambs.
- The farmer chose a biparous breed.
- A biparous stem divided into two arms.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BIPAROUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in BIPAROUS
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Common questions about BIPAROUS
- Is BIPAROUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BIPAROUS, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BIPAROUS worth?
- BIPAROUS is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BIPAROUS mean?
- Producing two offspring at a single birth.
- What letters can be added to BIPAROUS?
- No single letter can be added to BIPAROUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of BIPAROUS:
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