CTENOPHORE is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. CTENOPHORE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CTENOPHORE?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CTENOPHORE is to know. It scores 17 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CTENOPHORE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
ctenophoresChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CTENOPHORE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in CTENOPHORE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CTENOPHORE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CTENOPHORE mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A transparent, free-swimming marine animal of the phylum Ctenophora, known as a comb jelly.
A ctenophore resembles a jellyfish but moves with eight rows of tiny comb-like cilia instead of pulsing its body. The rows shimmer in the water, which is why these animals draw so much attention from divers. Biologists group them in their own phylum.
How CTENOPHORE is used
Ctenophore is used in marine biology; the everyday name is comb jelly.
- A ctenophore drifted past the diver, its cilia glinting.
- The ctenophore is not a true jellyfish.
- Each ctenophore swims by beating rows of cilia.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CTENOPHORE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CTENOPHORE
1 longer words begin with CTENOPHORE.
Shorter words from the letters in CTENOPHORE
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Common questions about CTENOPHORE
- Is CTENOPHORE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CTENOPHORE, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CTENOPHORE worth?
- CTENOPHORE is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CTENOPHORE mean?
- A transparent, free-swimming marine animal of the phylum Ctenophora, known as a comb jelly.
- What letters can be added to CTENOPHORE?
- CTENOPHORE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of CTENOPHORE:
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