HYENOID is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. HYENOID is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HYENOID?
| 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: 53 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HYENOID is to know. It scores 14 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HYENOID
No single letter turns HYENOID into another word.
How HYENOID scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in HYENOID, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 192,992.
What does HYENOID mean in Scrabble?
adjective
zoologyrare
Resembling a hyena or having the characteristics of one.
Hyenoid is a naturalist's word, used in descriptions of animals or fossils that look like hyenas. Writers also stretch it for laughter or behaviour that seems scavenging and cackling.
How HYENOID is used
Hyenoid is rare and occurs mostly in zoology or in figurative descriptions of a harsh laugh.
- The fossil showed a hyenoid skull with heavy jaws.
- A hyenoid cackle echoed across the savanna.
- Early naturalists called the creature hyenoid because of its sloping back.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HYENOID and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in HYENOID
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Common questions about HYENOID
- Is HYENOID valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HYENOID, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HYENOID worth?
- HYENOID is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HYENOID mean?
- Resembling a hyena or having the characteristics of one.
- What letters can be added to HYENOID?
- No single letter can be added to HYENOID to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of HYENOID:
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