ENDITE is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. ENDITE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ENDITE?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ENDITE is to know. It scores 7 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 8.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ENDITE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ENDITE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ENDITE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 13,936.
What stands out about ENDITE
- ENDITE 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 ENDITE mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoologytechnical
An inward-facing lobe or projection on a limb segment of a crustacean or other arthropod, found on the inner edge nearest the body.
An endite grows from the protopodite, the base segment of a crustacean's limb, and points toward the animal's midline rather than outward. Many crustaceans use their endites to handle food, passing it forward toward the mouthparts, or to help with grooming and gripping. Zoologists distinguish an endite from an exite, the corresponding outward-facing lobe on the opposite edge of the same limb segment.
How ENDITE is used
A technical term from arthropod anatomy, met mainly in zoology textbooks and research papers rather than everyday speech.
- Under the microscope, the crab's endite was clearly visible near the base of the limb.
- Researchers described how the endite helps pass food toward the mouth.
- Each endite on the limb segment pointed inward, toward the body's midline.
- The textbook diagram labelled the endite opposite the outward-facing exite.
- Comparing endites across species helped the team trace how feeding limbs evolved.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ENDITE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ENDITE
The 6 tiles of ENDITE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with ENDITE
2 longer words begin with ENDITE.
Shorter words from the letters in ENDITE
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Common questions about ENDITE
- Is ENDITE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ENDITE, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ENDITE worth?
- ENDITE is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ENDITE mean?
- An inward-facing lobe or projection on a limb segment of a crustacean or other arthropod, found on the inner edge nearest the body.
- What letters can be added to ENDITE?
- ENDITE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ENDITE:
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