PEDIPALP is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. PEDIPALP is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PEDIPALP?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 46 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PEDIPALP is to know. It scores 15 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PEDIPALP
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PEDIPALP scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in PEDIPALP, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 3 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
The Scrabble bag does not hold enough of these letters. PEDIPALP needs 1 blank tile.
What stands out about PEDIPALP
- PEDIPALP begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does PEDIPALP mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
One of the second pair of appendages near the mouth of an arachnid.
A pedipalp is shaped by the animal's way of life: scorpions carry it as a claw, while a male spider uses it for sensing and mating. Biologists often mention it when telling arachnids apart from insects, which have no such limb.
How PEDIPALP is used
Pedipalp is a technical word from zoology, used when describing spiders, scorpions and their relatives.
- The scorpion seized its prey in a powerful pedipalp.
- Each pedipalp of the male spider is swollen at the tip.
- Students labelled the pedipalp on the diagram.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PEDIPALP and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PEDIPALP
3 longer words begin with PEDIPALP.
Shorter words from the letters in PEDIPALP
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Common questions about PEDIPALP
- Is PEDIPALP valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PEDIPALP, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PEDIPALP worth?
- PEDIPALP is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PEDIPALP mean?
- One of the second pair of appendages near the mouth of an arachnid.
- What letters can be added to PEDIPALP?
- PEDIPALP takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of PEDIPALP:
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