ENCODE is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. ENCODE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ENCODE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ENCODE is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 7.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ENCODE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ENCODE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ENCODE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 47,035.
What stands out about ENCODE
- ENCODE 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 ENCODE mean in Scrabble?
verb
technical
To convert a message or data into a code, or into some other format that a system can store or send.
Spies encode messages so that outsiders cannot read them, while computers encode text, pictures and sound as numbers. In biology a gene is said to encode a protein when its sequence carries the instructions for making it. The opposite process is called decode.
How ENCODE is used
Technical in computing, genetics and cryptography; also used generally for putting ideas into a set form.
- The agent had to encode the report before sending it.
- Software can encode a video into a smaller file.
- This gene helps to encode a protein found in muscle.
- You must encode the web address before pasting it.
- The cipher machine could encode a long message in minutes.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ENCODE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ENCODE
6 longer words begin with ENCODE.
Shorter words from the letters in ENCODE
Showing 40 of 45. See all in the Word Finder
Common questions about ENCODE
- Is ENCODE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ENCODE, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ENCODE worth?
- ENCODE is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ENCODE mean?
- To convert a message or data into a code, or into some other format that a system can store or send.
- What letters can be added to ENCODE?
- ENCODE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ENCODE:
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