ORNITHOPOD is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. ORNITHOPOD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ORNITHOPOD?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ORNITHOPOD is to know. It scores 16 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ORNITHOPOD
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
ornithopodsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ORNITHOPOD scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in ORNITHOPOD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 3 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ORNITHOPOD has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ORNITHOPOD mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A plant-eating dinosaur of a group that walked mainly on two legs and had bird-like feet.
Ornithopods include the duck-billed hadrosaurs and the well-known Iguanodon. Palaeontologists group them by their hip structure and three-toed feet, which suit running and walking.
How ORNITHOPOD is used
Used in palaeontology and natural history, as in an ornithopod dinosaur.
- The museum displays a skeleton of a large ornithopod.
- Each ornithopod had three functional toes on its hind feet.
- Hadrosaurs are the best-known ornithopod group.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ORNITHOPOD and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ORNITHOPOD
1 longer words begin with ORNITHOPOD.
Shorter words from the letters in ORNITHOPOD
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Common questions about ORNITHOPOD
- Is ORNITHOPOD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ORNITHOPOD, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ORNITHOPOD worth?
- ORNITHOPOD is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ORNITHOPOD mean?
- A plant-eating dinosaur of a group that walked mainly on two legs and had bird-like feet.
- What letters can be added to ORNITHOPOD?
- ORNITHOPOD takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of ORNITHOPOD:
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