ISOTYPE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. ISOTYPE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ISOTYPE?
| 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 ISOTYPE is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ISOTYPE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
isotypesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ISOTYPE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in ISOTYPE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 192,992.
What does ISOTYPE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A duplicate of a type specimen taken from the same collection, or a small picture used to stand for a fixed quantity in a statistical chart.
Botanists keep an isotype in a second herbarium as a safeguard if the original sheet is lost. Designers use the same word for charts in which a repeated icon, such as one little house, stands for a set number of items.
How ISOTYPE is used
The word isotype is found in taxonomy and in the history of information graphics.
- The museum holds an isotype of the plant, collected on the same expedition.
- Each isotype of a factory on the chart stood for ten thousand workers.
- The poster used an isotype of a loaf of bread to show grain output.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ISOTYPE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ISOTYPE
1 longer words begin with ISOTYPE.
Shorter words from the letters in ISOTYPE
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Common questions about ISOTYPE
- Is ISOTYPE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ISOTYPE, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ISOTYPE worth?
- ISOTYPE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ISOTYPE mean?
- A duplicate of a type specimen taken from the same collection, or a small picture used to stand for a fixed quantity in a statistical chart.
- What letters can be added to ISOTYPE?
- ISOTYPE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of ISOTYPE:
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