DICOTYLEDON is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. DICOTYLEDON 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 DICOTYLEDON?
| 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 DICOTYLEDON is to know. It scores 18 from 11 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DICOTYLEDON
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
dicotyledonsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DICOTYLEDON scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in DICOTYLEDON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 2 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DICOTYLEDON has to be built on the board across turns.
What does DICOTYLEDON mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A flowering plant whose embryo carries two seed leaves.
A dicotyledon typically has broad leaves with net-like veins, as in daisies, oaks and roses. Grasses and lilies belong to the other group, the monocotyledons. Modern classification has reshuffled the old dicotyledon grouping.
How DICOTYLEDON is used
Used in botany and school biology.
- The bean is a familiar dicotyledon.
- Students sorted each specimen as monocot or dicotyledon.
- A dicotyledon usually shows branching leaf veins.
- The oak is a woody dicotyledon.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DICOTYLEDON and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DICOTYLEDON
2 longer words begin with DICOTYLEDON.
Shorter words from the letters in DICOTYLEDON
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Common questions about DICOTYLEDON
- Is DICOTYLEDON valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DICOTYLEDON, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DICOTYLEDON worth?
- DICOTYLEDON is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DICOTYLEDON mean?
- A flowering plant whose embryo carries two seed leaves.
- What letters can be added to DICOTYLEDON?
- DICOTYLEDON takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of DICOTYLEDON:
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