INTRADOS is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. INTRADOS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept INTRADOS?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful INTRADOS is to know. It scores 9 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for INTRADOS
No single letter turns INTRADOS into another word.
How INTRADOS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in INTRADOS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so INTRADOS has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about INTRADOS
- All 8 letters of INTRADOS are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does INTRADOS mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The inner, lower curve of an arch or vault, seen from beneath.
Builders and architects talk about the intrados when they need to describe the underside of an arch as opposed to its outer face. The intrados is the surface a person walking below actually sees. Its counterpart on the outside of the arch is the extrados.
How INTRADOS is used
Intrados is a specialist word of architecture and masonry, rarely met outside technical writing.
- The mason checked that the intrados of the bridge arch followed a smooth curve.
- Soot had darkened the intrados of the old vault.
- A drawing of the intrados shows where each stone sits.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of INTRADOS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of INTRADOS
The 8 tiles of INTRADOS in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with INTRADOS
1 longer words begin with INTRADOS.
Shorter words from the letters in INTRADOS
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Common questions about INTRADOS
- Is INTRADOS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts INTRADOS, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is INTRADOS worth?
- INTRADOS is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does INTRADOS mean?
- The inner, lower curve of an arch or vault, seen from beneath.
- What letters can be added to INTRADOS?
- No single letter can be added to INTRADOS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of INTRADOS:
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