DEINONYCHUS is a valid Scrabble word — 20 points
Yes. DEINONYCHUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 20 points in Scrabble and 22 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DEINONYCHUS?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DEINONYCHUS is to know. It scores 20 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DEINONYCHUS
No single letter turns DEINONYCHUS into another word.
How DEINONYCHUS scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in DEINONYCHUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DEINONYCHUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does DEINONYCHUS mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A swift, wolf-sized meat-eating dinosaur of the Cretaceous, with a large curved claw on each hind foot.
Deinonychus, whose name means terrible claw, changed how scientists pictured dinosaurs when it was described in the 1960s. Its agile build suggested active, bird-like predators rather than slow, sluggish reptiles.
How DEINONYCHUS is used
Used in palaeontology and popular writing about dinosaurs.
- The museum mounted a deinonychus skeleton in a running pose.
- Deinonychus probably hunted in the forests of early Cretaceous North America.
- He could name every dinosaur, from deinonychus to triceratops.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DEINONYCHUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DEINONYCHUS
1 longer words begin with DEINONYCHUS.
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Common questions about DEINONYCHUS
- Is DEINONYCHUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DEINONYCHUS, where it scores 22 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DEINONYCHUS worth?
- DEINONYCHUS is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DEINONYCHUS mean?
- A swift, wolf-sized meat-eating dinosaur of the Cretaceous, with a large curved claw on each hind foot.
- What letters can be added to DEINONYCHUS?
- No single letter can be added to DEINONYCHUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of DEINONYCHUS:
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