DENDROID is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. DENDROID is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DENDROID?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DENDROID is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DENDROID
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
dendroidsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DENDROID scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in DENDROID, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 3 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DENDROID has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about DENDROID
- DENDROID begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does DENDROID mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Shaped like a tree, with freely spreading branches.
Botanists, geologists and anatomists use dendroid for forms that fork again and again from a main stem, such as certain corals or crystal growths. A dendroid pattern in frost on a window gives a familiar example.
How DENDROID is used
Dendroid appears chiefly in scientific description of branching forms.
- The mineral formed a delicate dendroid pattern in the rock.
- Under the microscope the colony looked dendroid and fern-like.
- Frost left a dendroid crystal across the glass.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DENDROID and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DENDROID
2 longer words begin with DENDROID.
Shorter words from the letters in DENDROID
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Common questions about DENDROID
- Is DENDROID valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DENDROID, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DENDROID worth?
- DENDROID is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DENDROID mean?
- Shaped like a tree, with freely spreading branches.
- What letters can be added to DENDROID?
- DENDROID takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of DENDROID:
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