NAUTILOID is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. NAUTILOID is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NAUTILOID?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NAUTILOID is to know. It scores 10 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NAUTILOID
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
nautiloidsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NAUTILOID scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in NAUTILOID, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so NAUTILOID has to be built on the board across turns.
What does NAUTILOID mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A shelled sea mollusc of the group that includes the pearly nautilus and many extinct relatives.
Fossil beds contain countless nautiloid shells, some straight and some coiled, from ancient oceans. As an adjective, nautiloid describes anything shaped like the spiral shell of a nautilus.
How NAUTILOID is used
Technical term in zoology and palaeontology.
- The cliff face held the fossil of a giant nautiloid.
- A living nautiloid drifts in deep water far from the shore.
- Scientists studied the coiled inner walls of the nautiloid shell.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NAUTILOID and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with NAUTILOID
1 longer words begin with NAUTILOID.
Shorter words from the letters in NAUTILOID
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Common questions about NAUTILOID
- Is NAUTILOID valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NAUTILOID, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NAUTILOID worth?
- NAUTILOID is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NAUTILOID mean?
- A shelled sea mollusc of the group that includes the pearly nautilus and many extinct relatives.
- What letters can be added to NAUTILOID?
- NAUTILOID takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of NAUTILOID:
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