HELIOZOAN is a valid Scrabble word — 21 points
Yes. HELIOZOAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 21 points in Scrabble and 22 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HELIOZOAN?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HELIOZOAN is to know. It scores 21 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HELIOZOAN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
heliozoansChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HELIOZOAN scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in HELIOZOAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HELIOZOAN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HELIOZOAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A single-celled freshwater organism with a round body and stiff, radiating spikes, resembling a tiny sun.
A heliozoan, or sun animalcule, floats in ponds and catches prey on its thin spikes. The name comes from the sun-like look of the creature under a microscope.
How HELIOZOAN is used
Heliozoan is a biological term used in microscopy and protozoology.
- Under the microscope the heliozoan looked like a tiny glass sun.
- A heliozoan traps small organisms on its spiky arms.
- The pond water contained a heliozoan among the algae.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HELIOZOAN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HELIOZOAN
1 longer words begin with HELIOZOAN.
Shorter words from the letters in HELIOZOAN
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Common questions about HELIOZOAN
- Is HELIOZOAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HELIOZOAN, where it scores 22 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HELIOZOAN worth?
- HELIOZOAN is worth 21 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HELIOZOAN mean?
- A single-celled freshwater organism with a round body and stiff, radiating spikes, resembling a tiny sun.
- What letters can be added to HELIOZOAN?
- HELIOZOAN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of HELIOZOAN:
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