NOCTUOID is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. NOCTUOID is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NOCTUOID?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NOCTUOID is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NOCTUOID
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
noctuoidsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NOCTUOID scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in NOCTUOID, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so NOCTUOID has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about NOCTUOID
- NOCTUOID runs three vowels in a row, which almost no English word does.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does NOCTUOID mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A moth of the large night-flying group to which owlet moths belong.
Collectors who work with light traps catch a noctuoid more often than any other kind of moth at night. As an adjective the word describes anything related to that group.
How NOCTUOID is used
Noctuoid is a specialist term in entomology and also works as an adjective.
- The light trap held a dozen noctuoid moths.
- Each noctuoid has dull forewings and bright hindwings.
- The entomologist sorted every noctuoid by family.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NOCTUOID and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with NOCTUOID
1 longer words begin with NOCTUOID.
Shorter words from the letters in NOCTUOID
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Common questions about NOCTUOID
- Is NOCTUOID valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NOCTUOID, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NOCTUOID worth?
- NOCTUOID is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NOCTUOID mean?
- A moth of the large night-flying group to which owlet moths belong.
- What letters can be added to NOCTUOID?
- NOCTUOID takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of NOCTUOID:
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