PARAPODIAL is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. PARAPODIAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PARAPODIAL?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PARAPODIAL is to know. It scores 15 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PARAPODIAL
No single letter turns PARAPODIAL into another word.
How PARAPODIAL scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in PARAPODIAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 2 | 2 |
| a | 3 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PARAPODIAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PARAPODIAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
zoology
Relating to a parapodium, one of the paired fleshy limb-like outgrowths on the body segments of many marine worms.
Biologists describe parapodial structures when studying how bristle worms crawl, swim or breathe. The feature is specific to annelids such as polychaetes.
How PARAPODIAL is used
A narrow technical word, parapodial appears in zoology papers about worm anatomy.
- The parapodial lobes help the worm swim through sand.
- Researchers described the parapodial bristles of the new species.
- A parapodial gill exchanges gases in the water.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PARAPODIAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in PARAPODIAL
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Common questions about PARAPODIAL
- Is PARAPODIAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PARAPODIAL, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PARAPODIAL worth?
- PARAPODIAL is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PARAPODIAL mean?
- Relating to a parapodium, one of the paired fleshy limb-like outgrowths on the body segments of many marine worms.
- What letters can be added to PARAPODIAL?
- No single letter can be added to PARAPODIAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of PARAPODIAL:
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