BIPED is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. BIPED is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BIPED?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BIPED is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BIPED
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
bipedsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BIPED scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BIPED, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 43,569.
What does BIPED mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
An animal that normally moves about on two legs rather than four.
Scientists use biped to separate two-legged animals such as humans, kangaroos and most birds from quadrupeds, which walk on four limbs. The word comes from the Latin bi- and pes, foot, so it literally means two-footed, and the same root gives English tripod and quadruped. Because posture rather than pure anatomy defines the term, an animal that only sometimes stands on two legs, such as a bear rearing up, is not usually called a biped.
How BIPED is used
Mostly found in zoology, anthropology and engineering writing about legged robots, rather than in everyday speech.
- Humans are the best-known biped among living primates.
- The kangaroo is an unusual biped that moves by hopping.
- Engineers built a walking biped robot to study balance.
- Early hominids became biped long before their brains grew large.
- Most birds are biped even though they can also use their wings.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BIPED and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BIPED
7 longer words begin with BIPED.
Words ending in BIPED
1 words end in BIPED. Useful as a back hook: play BIPED onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in BIPED
Common questions about BIPED
- Is BIPED valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BIPED, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BIPED worth?
- BIPED is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BIPED mean?
- An animal that normally moves about on two legs rather than four.
- What letters can be added to BIPED?
- BIPED takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BIPED:
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