PEREIOPOD is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. PEREIOPOD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PEREIOPOD?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PEREIOPOD is to know. It scores 14 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PEREIOPOD
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
pereiopodsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PEREIOPOD scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in PEREIOPOD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 2 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PEREIOPOD has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about PEREIOPOD
- PEREIOPOD runs three vowels in a row, which almost no English word does.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does PEREIOPOD mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoologytechnical
A walking limb of a crustacean such as a crab or lobster, growing from the thorax.
A crab or lobster typically has eight of these limbs, and some bear claws at the tip. Zoologists count each pereiopod when they describe or classify a species. The term is purely anatomical and appears almost only in zoology texts.
How PEREIOPOD is used
Used in zoology when describing the thoracic limbs of crustaceans.
- The first pereiopod of the lobster is modified into a large claw.
- Each pereiopod ends in a small clawed tip used for walking.
- The diagram labels every pereiopod along the thorax.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PEREIOPOD and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PEREIOPOD
1 longer words begin with PEREIOPOD.
Shorter words from the letters in PEREIOPOD
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Common questions about PEREIOPOD
- Is PEREIOPOD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PEREIOPOD, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PEREIOPOD worth?
- PEREIOPOD is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PEREIOPOD mean?
- A walking limb of a crustacean such as a crab or lobster, growing from the thorax.
- What letters can be added to PEREIOPOD?
- PEREIOPOD takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of PEREIOPOD:
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