GEOPROBE is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. GEOPROBE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GEOPROBE?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GEOPROBE is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GEOPROBE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
geoprobesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GEOPROBE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in GEOPROBE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so GEOPROBE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does GEOPROBE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A device pushed into the ground to take soil samples, or a spacecraft that studies space near the earth.
Environmental surveyors use a geoprobe to collect soil without digging a wide pit. In space science the same word has named a craft built to study the region around our planet.
How GEOPROBE is used
The noun geoprobe is used in site surveys and, less often, in space research.
- The team drove a geoprobe into the ground to test for pollution.
- A geoprobe sample showed clay below the topsoil.
- Mission planners described the new geoprobe as a near-earth explorer.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GEOPROBE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GEOPROBE
1 longer words begin with GEOPROBE.
Shorter words from the letters in GEOPROBE
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Common questions about GEOPROBE
- Is GEOPROBE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GEOPROBE, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GEOPROBE worth?
- GEOPROBE is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GEOPROBE mean?
- A device pushed into the ground to take soil samples, or a spacecraft that studies space near the earth.
- What letters can be added to GEOPROBE?
- GEOPROBE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of GEOPROBE:
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