LUPOID is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. LUPOID is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LUPOID?
| 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: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LUPOID is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LUPOID
No single letter turns LUPOID into another word.
How LUPOID scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in LUPOID, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 129,346.
What does LUPOID mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Resembling or relating to lupus, the disease that inflames the skin, or sometimes simply looking like a wolf.
The word is built from the Latin lupus, meaning a wolf, and the same root gave the name of the illness whose facial sores were thought to look like wolf bites. A physician might call a rash lupoid when it only resembles that disease. Outside medicine the word is very uncommon.
How LUPOID is used
Rare and technical; found mostly in medical description.
- The doctor noted a lupoid rash across the cheeks.
- Her lupoid symptoms had to be tested before any name was given.
- The old text described a lupoid ulcer on the nose.
- He looked at the lupoid pattern under the microscope.
- A lupoid condition can resemble the real illness closely.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LUPOID and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in LUPOID
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Common questions about LUPOID
- Is LUPOID valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LUPOID, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LUPOID worth?
- LUPOID is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LUPOID mean?
- Resembling or relating to lupus, the disease that inflames the skin, or sometimes simply looking like a wolf.
- What letters can be added to LUPOID?
- No single letter can be added to LUPOID to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of LUPOID:
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