ORTHOPTERAN is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. ORTHOPTERAN 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 ORTHOPTERAN?
| 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 ORTHOPTERAN is to know. It scores 16 from 11 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ORTHOPTERAN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
orthopteransChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ORTHOPTERAN scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in ORTHOPTERAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 2 | 8 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ORTHOPTERAN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ORTHOPTERAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
An insect of the order that includes grasshoppers, crickets and locusts.
Every orthopteran has strong hind legs for jumping and chewing mouthparts, and many make sound by rubbing body parts together. Entomologists group these insects together because of their leathery forewings.
How ORTHOPTERAN is used
A zoological term used in entomology; it also works as an adjective for this insect order.
- The cricket is a familiar orthopteran in summer fields.
- The biologist collected an orthopteran from the meadow.
- Each orthopteran on the tray was labelled by species.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ORTHOPTERAN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ORTHOPTERAN
1 longer words begin with ORTHOPTERAN.
Shorter words from the letters in ORTHOPTERAN
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Common questions about ORTHOPTERAN
- Is ORTHOPTERAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ORTHOPTERAN, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ORTHOPTERAN worth?
- ORTHOPTERAN is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ORTHOPTERAN mean?
- An insect of the order that includes grasshoppers, crickets and locusts.
- What letters can be added to ORTHOPTERAN?
- ORTHOPTERAN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of ORTHOPTERAN:
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