HYDROMEDUSA is a valid Scrabble word — 21 points
Yes. HYDROMEDUSA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 21 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HYDROMEDUSA?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HYDROMEDUSA is to know. It scores 21 from 11 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HYDROMEDUSA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HYDROMEDUSA scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in HYDROMEDUSA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| d | 2 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HYDROMEDUSA has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HYDROMEDUSA mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoologytechnical
A jellyfish-like free-swimming stage in the life cycle of a hydroid, budded off from the attached colony.
A hydromedusa is the bell-shaped, swimming form of a hydrozoan, in contrast to the fixed polyp. Marine biologists collect hydromedusae with fine plankton nets.
How HYDROMEDUSA is used
Hydromedusa is a marine biology term, with the plural hydromedusae.
- The tiny hydromedusa pulsed through the sample.
- Each hydromedusa carried a ring of fine tentacles.
- Students sketched a hydromedusa under the microscope.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HYDROMEDUSA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HYDROMEDUSA
4 longer words begin with HYDROMEDUSA.
Shorter words from the letters in HYDROMEDUSA
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Common questions about HYDROMEDUSA
- Is HYDROMEDUSA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HYDROMEDUSA, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HYDROMEDUSA worth?
- HYDROMEDUSA is worth 21 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HYDROMEDUSA mean?
- A jellyfish-like free-swimming stage in the life cycle of a hydroid, budded off from the attached colony.
- What letters can be added to HYDROMEDUSA?
- HYDROMEDUSA takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of HYDROMEDUSA:
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