GONIDIUM is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. GONIDIUM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GONIDIUM?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GONIDIUM is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GONIDIUM
No single letter turns GONIDIUM into another word.
How GONIDIUM scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in GONIDIUM, 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 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so GONIDIUM has to be built on the board across turns.
What does GONIDIUM mean in Scrabble?
noun
botanytechnical
A green algal cell living inside the body of a lichen, or in algae a single reproductive cell.
Botanists mention a gonidium or the layer of such cells in a lichen's thallus, where they make food for the fungus. The plural is gonidia. Older texts used the term for several different small cells in plants.
How GONIDIUM is used
Gonidium is an old technical term from botany and lichenology.
- Under the microscope each gonidium looked like a small green sphere.
- A gonidium divides to produce new algal cells.
- The lichen layer contains a single gonidium in each cluster.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GONIDIUM and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
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Common questions about GONIDIUM
- Is GONIDIUM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GONIDIUM, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GONIDIUM worth?
- GONIDIUM is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GONIDIUM mean?
- A green algal cell living inside the body of a lichen, or in algae a single reproductive cell.
- What letters can be added to GONIDIUM?
- No single letter can be added to GONIDIUM to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of GONIDIUM:
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