PARAPODIUM is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. PARAPODIUM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PARAPODIUM?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PARAPODIUM is to know. It scores 17 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PARAPODIUM
No single letter turns PARAPODIUM into another word.
How PARAPODIUM scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in PARAPODIUM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 2 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PARAPODIUM has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PARAPODIUM mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoologytechnical
One of the paired fleshy limb-like outgrowths on the sides of a marine worm or a sea slug.
Each parapodium on a bristle worm carries bristles that help it crawl, burrow or breathe. In some sea slugs the parapodia are flaps used like fins. The plural is parapodia.
How PARAPODIUM is used
Used in invertebrate biology; plural parapodia.
- Every parapodium of the worm bore a tuft of fine bristles.
- The sea slug swam by waving its broad parapodium.
- Under the lens, one parapodium looked like a tiny paddle.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PARAPODIUM and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in PARAPODIUM
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Common questions about PARAPODIUM
- Is PARAPODIUM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PARAPODIUM, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PARAPODIUM worth?
- PARAPODIUM is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PARAPODIUM mean?
- One of the paired fleshy limb-like outgrowths on the sides of a marine worm or a sea slug.
- What letters can be added to PARAPODIUM?
- No single letter can be added to PARAPODIUM to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of PARAPODIUM:
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