HIPPOCAMPUS is a valid Scrabble word — 24 points
Yes. HIPPOCAMPUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 24 points in Scrabble and 29 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HIPPOCAMPUS?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HIPPOCAMPUS is to know. It scores 24 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HIPPOCAMPUS
No single letter turns HIPPOCAMPUS into another word.
How HIPPOCAMPUS scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in HIPPOCAMPUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| p | 3 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
The Scrabble bag does not hold enough of these letters. HIPPOCAMPUS needs 1 blank tile.
What does HIPPOCAMPUS mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
A curved structure deep in the brain that is central to learning and memory.
The hippocampus takes its name from the Greek for "seahorse", which it resembles in shape. In legend, a hippocampus was also a sea creature with a horse's front and a fish's tail.
How HIPPOCAMPUS is used
Used in neuroscience, and in myth for the sea creature.
- Taxi drivers' hippocampus can grow larger from navigating a big city.
- Stress hormones can harm the hippocampus.
- The mosaic showed a hippocampus pulling the sea god's chariot.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HIPPOCAMPUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in HIPPOCAMPUS
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Common questions about HIPPOCAMPUS
- Is HIPPOCAMPUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HIPPOCAMPUS, where it scores 29 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HIPPOCAMPUS worth?
- HIPPOCAMPUS is worth 24 points in Scrabble and 29 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HIPPOCAMPUS mean?
- A curved structure deep in the brain that is central to learning and memory.
- What letters can be added to HIPPOCAMPUS?
- No single letter can be added to HIPPOCAMPUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of HIPPOCAMPUS:
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