DIADELPHOUS is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. DIADELPHOUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DIADELPHOUS?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DIADELPHOUS is to know. It scores 18 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DIADELPHOUS
No single letter turns DIADELPHOUS into another word.
How DIADELPHOUS scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in DIADELPHOUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 2 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DIADELPHOUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about DIADELPHOUS
- DIADELPHOUS contains every vowel — A, E, I, O and U.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does DIADELPHOUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
botany
Describing stamens joined by their stalks into two separate groups.
Botanists use diadelphous for flowers such as peas, where the stamens fuse into two bundles. It is the two-group counterpart of monadelphous. The feature helps in identifying members of the pea family.
How DIADELPHOUS is used
A technical botanical term for flower structure.
- The stamens of the pea flower are diadelphous.
- A diadelphous arrangement separates one stamen from the rest.
- The key lists diadelphous stamens as a feature of the family.
- Under the lens the filaments appeared clearly diadelphous.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DIADELPHOUS and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
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Common questions about DIADELPHOUS
- Is DIADELPHOUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DIADELPHOUS, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DIADELPHOUS worth?
- DIADELPHOUS is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DIADELPHOUS mean?
- Describing stamens joined by their stalks into two separate groups.
- What letters can be added to DIADELPHOUS?
- No single letter can be added to DIADELPHOUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of DIADELPHOUS:
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