PERIPATUS is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. PERIPATUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PERIPATUS?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PERIPATUS is to know. It scores 13 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PERIPATUS
No single letter turns PERIPATUS into another word.
How PERIPATUS scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in PERIPATUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 2 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PERIPATUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PERIPATUS mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A soft, wormlike tropical animal with many stumpy legs, linking worms and arthropods.
The peripatus fascinates biologists because it looks like a caterpillar yet belongs to its own ancient group. It lives in damp forest litter and catches prey by squirting sticky slime. A peripatus has changed little in hundreds of millions of years.
How PERIPATUS is used
Used in zoology and natural history writing.
- A peripatus crawled out from under the rotting log.
- The peripatus is often called a living fossil.
- Biologists studied the slime of the peripatus.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PERIPATUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PERIPATUS
1 longer words begin with PERIPATUS.
Shorter words from the letters in PERIPATUS
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Common questions about PERIPATUS
- Is PERIPATUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PERIPATUS, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PERIPATUS worth?
- PERIPATUS is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PERIPATUS mean?
- A soft, wormlike tropical animal with many stumpy legs, linking worms and arthropods.
- What letters can be added to PERIPATUS?
- No single letter can be added to PERIPATUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of PERIPATUS:
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