GASTROTRICH is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. GASTROTRICH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GASTROTRICH?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GASTROTRICH is to know. It scores 17 from 11 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GASTROTRICH
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
gastrotrichsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GASTROTRICH scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in GASTROTRICH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so GASTROTRICH has to be built on the board across turns.
What does GASTROTRICH mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoologytechnical
A tiny wormlike water animal of the phylum Gastrotricha, with bristles or scales and cilia on its underside.
A gastrotrich lives in fresh water and in the sea, usually among sediment, and is so small that it is seen only under a microscope. Biologists have linked these animals with nematodes and rotifers.
How GASTROTRICH is used
Gastrotrich appears in zoology and ecology texts about microscopic aquatic life.
- A single gastrotrich glided across the slide under the microscope.
- The sample from the pond contained a gastrotrich and several rotifers.
- Each gastrotrich moves by beating the cilia on its belly.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GASTROTRICH and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GASTROTRICH
1 longer words begin with GASTROTRICH.
Shorter words from the letters in GASTROTRICH
Showing 40 of 778. See all in the Word Finder
Common questions about GASTROTRICH
- Is GASTROTRICH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GASTROTRICH, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GASTROTRICH worth?
- GASTROTRICH is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GASTROTRICH mean?
- A tiny wormlike water animal of the phylum Gastrotricha, with bristles or scales and cilia on its underside.
- What letters can be added to GASTROTRICH?
- GASTROTRICH takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of GASTROTRICH:
Open GASTROTRICH in the Word Finder