NIDICOLOUS is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. NIDICOLOUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NIDICOLOUS?
| 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: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NIDICOLOUS is to know. It scores 13 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NIDICOLOUS
No single letter turns NIDICOLOUS into another word.
How NIDICOLOUS scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in NIDICOLOUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so NIDICOLOUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does NIDICOLOUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
zoology
Describing young birds that stay in the nest for some time after hatching, helpless and fed by their parents.
Songbirds and owls have nidicolous chicks, which are born blind or nearly naked and depend on the nest. The opposite of nidicolous is nidifugous, for chicks such as ducklings that run about almost at once.
How NIDICOLOUS is used
Used in ornithology and zoology.
- Thrush chicks are nidicolous and wait in the nest to be fed.
- Nidicolous species usually lay fewer eggs than ground-nesting birds.
- The guide explained why the sparrow is a nidicolous bird.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NIDICOLOUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in NIDICOLOUS
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Common questions about NIDICOLOUS
- Is NIDICOLOUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NIDICOLOUS, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NIDICOLOUS worth?
- NIDICOLOUS is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NIDICOLOUS mean?
- Describing young birds that stay in the nest for some time after hatching, helpless and fed by their parents.
- What letters can be added to NIDICOLOUS?
- No single letter can be added to NIDICOLOUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of NIDICOLOUS:
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