DEUTEROSTOME is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. DEUTEROSTOME is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DEUTEROSTOME?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DEUTEROSTOME is to know. It scores 15 from 12 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DEUTEROSTOME
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
deuterostomesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DEUTEROSTOME scores
Face value of the 12 tiles in DEUTEROSTOME, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 3 | 12 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DEUTEROSTOME has to be built on the board across turns.
What does DEUTEROSTOME mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoologytechnical
An animal in which the first opening of the embryo becomes the anus and the mouth forms later.
Deuterostomes include vertebrates, starfish and sea urchins, which share this pattern of development. Biologists contrast them with protostomes such as insects and molluscs.
How DEUTEROSTOME is used
Deuterostome is a zoological term used in discussions of animal classification.
- Humans are a deuterostome, like all vertebrates.
- A starfish is a deuterostome, as are sea urchins.
- The deuterostome embryo forms its mouth after the anus.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DEUTEROSTOME and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DEUTEROSTOME
1 longer words begin with DEUTEROSTOME.
Shorter words from the letters in DEUTEROSTOME
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Common questions about DEUTEROSTOME
- Is DEUTEROSTOME valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DEUTEROSTOME, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DEUTEROSTOME worth?
- DEUTEROSTOME is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DEUTEROSTOME mean?
- An animal in which the first opening of the embryo becomes the anus and the mouth forms later.
- What letters can be added to DEUTEROSTOME?
- DEUTEROSTOME takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 12 letters of DEUTEROSTOME:
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