DECAHEDRON is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. DECAHEDRON is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DECAHEDRON?
| 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 DECAHEDRON is to know. It scores 17 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DECAHEDRON
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
decahedronsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DECAHEDRON scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in DECAHEDRON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 2 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DECAHEDRON has to be built on the board across turns.
What does DECAHEDRON mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A solid figure with ten plane faces.
A decahedron belongs to the family of polyhedra named by their face count, like the tetrahedron and the dodecahedron. Ten faces can be arranged in many different shapes, so the word alone does not say which. Geometry books and crystal descriptions are where it turns up.
How DECAHEDRON is used
Decahedron is used in geometry and crystallography.
- The student drew a decahedron with ten triangular faces.
- A decahedron has more faces than a cube but fewer than a dodecahedron.
- The crystal grew in the shape of a decahedron.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DECAHEDRON and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DECAHEDRON
1 longer words begin with DECAHEDRON.
Shorter words from the letters in DECAHEDRON
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Common questions about DECAHEDRON
- Is DECAHEDRON valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DECAHEDRON, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DECAHEDRON worth?
- DECAHEDRON is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DECAHEDRON mean?
- A solid figure with ten plane faces.
- What letters can be added to DECAHEDRON?
- DECAHEDRON takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of DECAHEDRON:
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