PARAZOAN is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. PARAZOAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PARAZOAN?
| 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: 50 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PARAZOAN is to know. It scores 19 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PARAZOAN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
parazoansChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PARAZOAN scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in PARAZOAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 3 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PARAZOAN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PARAZOAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
technicalzoology
A simple multicellular water animal, such as a sponge, that lacks true tissues and organs.
A parazoan filters food from the water that passes through its porous body. Biologists place it beside the main animal line but apart from it.
How PARAZOAN is used
Used in zoology; as an adjective it means of or relating to sponges.
- A sponge is the best-known parazoan.
- The parazoan clung to the rock and filtered the current.
- The zoologist compared a parazoan with a jellyfish.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PARAZOAN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PARAZOAN
1 longer words begin with PARAZOAN.
Shorter words from the letters in PARAZOAN
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Common questions about PARAZOAN
- Is PARAZOAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PARAZOAN, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PARAZOAN worth?
- PARAZOAN is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PARAZOAN mean?
- A simple multicellular water animal, such as a sponge, that lacks true tissues and organs.
- What letters can be added to PARAZOAN?
- PARAZOAN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of PARAZOAN:
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