NEKTON is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. NEKTON is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NEKTON?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NEKTON is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NEKTON
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
nektonsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NEKTON scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in NEKTON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 2 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 137,969.
What stands out about NEKTON
- NEKTON begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does NEKTON mean in Scrabble?
noun
technicalzoology
The community of aquatic animals that swim actively and can move against the current, such as fish, squid and whales.
Biologists use nekton to set strong swimmers apart from plankton, which drifts wherever the water carries it. The word comes from the Greek for swimming, and it covers everything from small fish to the largest whales. Together with plankton and the animals of the sea floor, nekton makes up one of the three broad groups of marine life.
How NEKTON is used
Technical term from marine and freshwater biology.
- Tuna and squid belong to the nekton of the open sea.
- The survey netted plankton near the surface and nekton below it.
- Unlike drifting plankton, nekton can swim against the tide.
- A change in water temperature may drive the local nekton away.
- The lecture compared nekton with the life on the sea floor.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NEKTON and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with NEKTON
2 longer words begin with NEKTON.
Shorter words from the letters in NEKTON
Common questions about NEKTON
- Is NEKTON valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NEKTON, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NEKTON worth?
- NEKTON is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NEKTON mean?
- The community of aquatic animals that swim actively and can move against the current, such as fish, squid and whales.
- What letters can be added to NEKTON?
- NEKTON takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of NEKTON:
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