GONIDIC is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. GONIDIC 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 GONIDIC?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GONIDIC is to know. It scores 11 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GONIDIC
No single letter turns GONIDIC into another word.
How GONIDIC scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in GONIDIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 385,985.
What does GONIDIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
botany
Relating to gonidia, the algal cells that live inside the body of a lichen.
Botanists use gonidic when describing the green layer of a lichen, where those algal cells photosynthesise. It is a narrow technical term that rarely leaves specialist writing.
How GONIDIC is used
Found in botanical descriptions of lichens.
- A thin gonidic layer lay just beneath the surface of the lichen.
- The gonidic cells are the part that feeds the whole organism.
- He sketched the gonidic zone as seen under the lens.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GONIDIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in GONIDIC
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Common questions about GONIDIC
- Is GONIDIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GONIDIC, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GONIDIC worth?
- GONIDIC is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GONIDIC mean?
- Relating to gonidia, the algal cells that live inside the body of a lichen.
- What letters can be added to GONIDIC?
- No single letter can be added to GONIDIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of GONIDIC:
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