EPIGEOUS is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. EPIGEOUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept EPIGEOUS?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EPIGEOUS is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EPIGEOUS
No single letter turns EPIGEOUS into another word.
How EPIGEOUS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in EPIGEOUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 2 | 12 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so EPIGEOUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about EPIGEOUS
- EPIGEOUS runs three vowels in a row, which almost no English word does.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does EPIGEOUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
botanytechnical
Growing on or close to the surface of the ground.
Botanists use epigeous for plants and for germination in which the seed leaves are lifted into the light. It is the opposite of hypogeous, where they stay below the soil. The word is scientific and rarely heard outside of biology.
How EPIGEOUS is used
Technical term in botany, applied to plants, fungi or seedlings that grow at or above ground level.
- Beans show epigeous germination, pushing their seed leaves into the air.
- The epigeous stems creep along the soil.
- Students sorted the seedlings into epigeous and hypogeous types.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EPIGEOUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in EPIGEOUS
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Common questions about EPIGEOUS
- Is EPIGEOUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EPIGEOUS, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EPIGEOUS worth?
- EPIGEOUS is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EPIGEOUS mean?
- Growing on or close to the surface of the ground.
- What letters can be added to EPIGEOUS?
- No single letter can be added to EPIGEOUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of EPIGEOUS:
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