CARPOGONIAL is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. CARPOGONIAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CARPOGONIAL?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CARPOGONIAL is to know. It scores 16 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CARPOGONIAL
No single letter turns CARPOGONIAL into another word.
How CARPOGONIAL scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in CARPOGONIAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CARPOGONIAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CARPOGONIAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
botanytechnical
Belonging to or resembling the carpogonium, the egg-bearing female organ of red algae.
Only specialists in algae biology have a use for carpogonial, since it names a structure seen under the microscope. After fertilisation the carpogonial cell starts the chain of events that produces the spores.
How CARPOGONIAL is used
Strictly technical, found in botany papers about red algae.
- The slide showed a carpogonial branch with a long thread at its tip.
- Each carpogonial cell waits for a male cell to reach it.
- The authors described the carpogonial structures of the new species.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CARPOGONIAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
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Common questions about CARPOGONIAL
- Is CARPOGONIAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CARPOGONIAL, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CARPOGONIAL worth?
- CARPOGONIAL is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CARPOGONIAL mean?
- Belonging to or resembling the carpogonium, the egg-bearing female organ of red algae.
- What letters can be added to CARPOGONIAL?
- No single letter can be added to CARPOGONIAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of CARPOGONIAL:
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