DIPLOPOD is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. DIPLOPOD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DIPLOPOD?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DIPLOPOD is to know. It scores 14 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DIPLOPOD
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
diplopodsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DIPLOPOD scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in DIPLOPOD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 2 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| p | 2 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DIPLOPOD has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about DIPLOPOD
- DIPLOPOD 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 DIPLOPOD mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
An arthropod of the class Diplopoda, such as a millipede, with two pairs of legs on most body segments.
Biologists use diplopod when they want the formal group name rather than the everyday word millipede. A diplopod feeds mainly on decaying plant matter and curls up when threatened, unlike the faster and predatory centipede.
How DIPLOPOD is used
A zoological term; everyday speech uses millipede.
- The soil sample contained a large diplopod.
- A diplopod has two pairs of legs per segment.
- The student sketched a diplopod for the biology report.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DIPLOPOD and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DIPLOPOD
1 longer words begin with DIPLOPOD.
Shorter words from the letters in DIPLOPOD
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Common questions about DIPLOPOD
- Is DIPLOPOD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DIPLOPOD, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DIPLOPOD worth?
- DIPLOPOD is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DIPLOPOD mean?
- An arthropod of the class Diplopoda, such as a millipede, with two pairs of legs on most body segments.
- What letters can be added to DIPLOPOD?
- DIPLOPOD takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of DIPLOPOD:
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