CARDIOID is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. CARDIOID is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CARDIOID?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CARDIOID is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CARDIOID
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cardioidsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CARDIOID scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in CARDIOID, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| d | 2 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CARDIOID has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about CARDIOID
- CARDIOID 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
What does CARDIOID mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A heart-shaped curve traced by a point on a circle that rolls around another circle of equal size.
The cardioid is a favourite in mathematics classes, where it comes up in geometry and in the Mandelbrot set. Audio engineers also name a microphone pattern after it.
How CARDIOID is used
Used in geometry and in audio, as in a cardioid microphone.
- The graph of the equation is a cardioid.
- A cardioid microphone picks up sound mostly from the front.
- The main body of the Mandelbrot set is a cardioid.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CARDIOID and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CARDIOID
1 longer words begin with CARDIOID.
Shorter words from the letters in CARDIOID
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Common questions about CARDIOID
- Is CARDIOID valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CARDIOID, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CARDIOID worth?
- CARDIOID is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CARDIOID mean?
- A heart-shaped curve traced by a point on a circle that rolls around another circle of equal size.
- What letters can be added to CARDIOID?
- CARDIOID takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of CARDIOID:
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