LIPOID is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. LIPOID is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LIPOID?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LIPOID is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LIPOID
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
lipoidsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LIPOID scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in LIPOID, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 129,346.
What does LIPOID mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A fatlike substance, such as a wax, that dissolves in fat solvents but not in water.
Chemists once used lipoid for a wide range of oily compounds found in living tissue that resemble true fats without quite being fats. Waxes and certain components of cell membranes fall into this group. The word is built from the Greek lipos, meaning fat, and the ending meaning resembling. Modern texts mostly prefer the broader term lipid, but lipoid survives in older medical vocabulary.
How LIPOID is used
Technical and somewhat dated; also used as an adjective meaning fatlike.
- The membrane contains a lipoid that resists water.
- Beeswax is a lipoid rather than a true fat.
- The old textbook listed each lipoid found in the brain.
- A yellow lipoid collected at the edge of the sample.
- The doctor described a lipoid deposit in the tissue.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LIPOID and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with LIPOID
4 longer words begin with LIPOID.
Shorter words from the letters in LIPOID
Common questions about LIPOID
- Is LIPOID valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LIPOID, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LIPOID worth?
- LIPOID is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LIPOID mean?
- A fatlike substance, such as a wax, that dissolves in fat solvents but not in water.
- What letters can be added to LIPOID?
- LIPOID takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of LIPOID:
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