MADREPORIAN is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. MADREPORIAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MADREPORIAN?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MADREPORIAN is to know. It scores 16 from 11 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MADREPORIAN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
madreporiansChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MADREPORIAN scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in MADREPORIAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MADREPORIAN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does MADREPORIAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
technicalzoology
A stony coral of the order that builds many tropical reefs.
A madreporian forms a hard limestone skeleton and often grows in branching or massive shapes. Older books use the term for the typical reef-building corals; it can also serve as an adjective for things related to them.
How MADREPORIAN is used
Madreporian is an older zoological term, now mostly replaced by more precise coral names.
- The reef was built largely by a madreporian colony.
- Fossil madreporian remains were found in the limestone.
- The diver photographed a branching madreporian in the shallows.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MADREPORIAN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MADREPORIAN
1 longer words begin with MADREPORIAN.
Shorter words from the letters in MADREPORIAN
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Common questions about MADREPORIAN
- Is MADREPORIAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MADREPORIAN, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MADREPORIAN worth?
- MADREPORIAN is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MADREPORIAN mean?
- A stony coral of the order that builds many tropical reefs.
- What letters can be added to MADREPORIAN?
- MADREPORIAN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of MADREPORIAN:
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