ODONTOID is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. ODONTOID is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ODONTOID?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ODONTOID is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ODONTOID
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
odontoidsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ODONTOID scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ODONTOID, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 3 | 8 |
| d | 2 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ODONTOID has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ODONTOID mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medical
Shaped like a tooth; relating to the toothlike projection of the second neck vertebra.
Doctors speak of the odontoid process, a peg of bone on the second vertebra, around which the first vertebra turns. The word can also be a noun for that peg itself.
How ODONTOID is used
The adjective odontoid is chiefly medical and anatomical.
- The scan showed a fracture of the odontoid process.
- An odontoid peg lets the head rotate from side to side.
- The surgeon explained the odontoid injury to the patient.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ODONTOID and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ODONTOID
1 longer words begin with ODONTOID.
Shorter words from the letters in ODONTOID
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Common questions about ODONTOID
- Is ODONTOID valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ODONTOID, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ODONTOID worth?
- ODONTOID is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ODONTOID mean?
- Shaped like a tooth; relating to the toothlike projection of the second neck vertebra.
- What letters can be added to ODONTOID?
- ODONTOID takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ODONTOID:
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