MELANOPHORE is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. MELANOPHORE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MELANOPHORE?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MELANOPHORE is to know. It scores 18 from 11 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MELANOPHORE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
melanophoresChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MELANOPHORE scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in MELANOPHORE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MELANOPHORE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does MELANOPHORE mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A pigment cell containing dark melanin, found in fish, amphibians and reptiles.
A melanophore can spread or gather its pigment, which lets animals such as chameleons and frogs change shade. The word comes up in biology courses on skin colour.
How MELANOPHORE is used
The noun melanophore is specialist biology vocabulary.
- Each melanophore in the frog skin can expand to darken its colour.
- Nerve signals control the melanophore and thus the fish's shade.
- Under the microscope the melanophore looked like a black star.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MELANOPHORE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MELANOPHORE
1 longer words begin with MELANOPHORE.
Shorter words from the letters in MELANOPHORE
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Common questions about MELANOPHORE
- Is MELANOPHORE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MELANOPHORE, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MELANOPHORE worth?
- MELANOPHORE is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MELANOPHORE mean?
- A pigment cell containing dark melanin, found in fish, amphibians and reptiles.
- What letters can be added to MELANOPHORE?
- MELANOPHORE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of MELANOPHORE:
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