DENTOID is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. DENTOID is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DENTOID?
| 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: 49 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DENTOID is to know. It scores 9 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DENTOID
No single letter turns DENTOID into another word.
How DENTOID scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in DENTOID, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 2 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 85,774.
What stands out about DENTOID
- DENTOID 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 DENTOID mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Shaped like a tooth.
Biologists use dentoid to describe projections or structures that look like teeth without being real ones. The form is built from the Latin root for tooth. It is a rare descriptive term in anatomy and zoology.
How DENTOID is used
Rare technical adjective in anatomy and natural history.
- The fossil jaw showed a row of dentoid ridges.
- A small dentoid process rose from the bone.
- The shell edge had a dentoid pattern along its rim.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DENTOID and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in DENTOID
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Common questions about DENTOID
- Is DENTOID valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DENTOID, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DENTOID worth?
- DENTOID is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DENTOID mean?
- Shaped like a tooth.
- What letters can be added to DENTOID?
- No single letter can be added to DENTOID to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of DENTOID:
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