HEMIPTER is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. HEMIPTER is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HEMIPTER?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HEMIPTER is to know. It scores 15 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HEMIPTER
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
hemiptersChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HEMIPTER scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in HEMIPTER, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HEMIPTER has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HEMIPTER mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
An insect of the order Hemiptera, such as a bug, aphid or cicada, with piercing, beaklike mouthparts.
A hemipter feeds by sucking sap or blood through a tube rather than by chewing. The group is very large and includes shield bugs, leafhoppers, and pests that damage crops.
How HEMIPTER is used
Used in entomology; the longer forms hemipteran and hemipteron are more common.
- The gardener found a green hemipter on the rose stem.
- Each hemipter has a sharp beak for piercing plants.
- Cicadas are the loudest hemipter of the summer.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HEMIPTER and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HEMIPTER
7 longer words begin with HEMIPTER.
Shorter words from the letters in HEMIPTER
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Common questions about HEMIPTER
- Is HEMIPTER valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HEMIPTER, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HEMIPTER worth?
- HEMIPTER is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HEMIPTER mean?
- An insect of the order Hemiptera, such as a bug, aphid or cicada, with piercing, beaklike mouthparts.
- What letters can be added to HEMIPTER?
- HEMIPTER takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of HEMIPTER:
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