DINOSAURIAN is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. DINOSAURIAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DINOSAURIAN?
| 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: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DINOSAURIAN is to know. It scores 12 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DINOSAURIAN
No single letter turns DINOSAURIAN into another word.
How DINOSAURIAN scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in DINOSAURIAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DINOSAURIAN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does DINOSAURIAN mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Belonging to, or resembling, the dinosaurs.
Dinosaurian is used both in science and in playful comparison, as when a huge, outdated machine is described as dinosaurian. As a noun it names any member of the dinosaur group.
How DINOSAURIAN is used
Dinosaurian appears in palaeontology and in figurative talk about something very large or old-fashioned.
- The museum displayed a dinosaurian skeleton thirty metres long.
- Scientists found dinosaurian footprints in the dry riverbed.
- The firm's dinosaurian computer system was long overdue for replacement.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DINOSAURIAN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
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Common questions about DINOSAURIAN
- Is DINOSAURIAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DINOSAURIAN, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DINOSAURIAN worth?
- DINOSAURIAN is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DINOSAURIAN mean?
- Belonging to, or resembling, the dinosaurs.
- What letters can be added to DINOSAURIAN?
- No single letter can be added to DINOSAURIAN to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of DINOSAURIAN:
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