EPIGEAL is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. EPIGEAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept EPIGEAL?
| 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: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EPIGEAL is to know. It scores 10 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EPIGEAL
No single letter turns EPIGEAL into another word.
How EPIGEAL scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in EPIGEAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 2 | 12 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 124,763.
What does EPIGEAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
botany
Growing on or near the surface of the ground; in germination, with seed leaves lifted above the soil.
Botanists contrast epigeal germination with hypogeal germination, where the seed leaves stay buried. Beans and sunflowers are epigeal, because their first leaves push up into the light.
How EPIGEAL is used
The word epigeal is a botanical and ecological term, often paired with its opposite hypogeal.
- The bean shows epigeal germination, lifting its seed leaves into the air.
- Epigeal species live above the soil rather than inside it.
- The textbook compared epigeal and hypogeal seedlings.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EPIGEAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in EPIGEAL
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Common questions about EPIGEAL
- Is EPIGEAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EPIGEAL, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EPIGEAL worth?
- EPIGEAL is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EPIGEAL mean?
- Growing on or near the surface of the ground; in germination, with seed leaves lifted above the soil.
- What letters can be added to EPIGEAL?
- No single letter can be added to EPIGEAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of EPIGEAL:
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