PERIPLAST is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. PERIPLAST 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 PERIPLAST?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PERIPLAST is to know. It scores 13 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PERIPLAST
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
periplastsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PERIPLAST scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in PERIPLAST, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 2 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PERIPLAST has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PERIPLAST mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The firm outer layer or wall of a single-celled organism.
Biologists use periplast for the protective covering found in some algae and similar microbes. In certain groups it is made of stiff protein plates beneath the cell membrane. The periplast gives the cell its shape without the heavy wall of a plant cell.
How PERIPLAST is used
Used in cell biology and protozoology.
- The microscope image showed the plates of the periplast.
- Its periplast keeps the cell from collapsing.
- Researchers examined the periplast of the alga in detail.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PERIPLAST and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PERIPLAST
1 longer words begin with PERIPLAST.
Shorter words from the letters in PERIPLAST
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Common questions about PERIPLAST
- Is PERIPLAST valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PERIPLAST, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PERIPLAST worth?
- PERIPLAST is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PERIPLAST mean?
- The firm outer layer or wall of a single-celled organism.
- What letters can be added to PERIPLAST?
- PERIPLAST takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of PERIPLAST:
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