PLEOPOD is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. PLEOPOD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PLEOPOD?
| 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: 52 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PLEOPOD is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PLEOPOD
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
pleopodsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PLEOPOD scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in PLEOPOD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 2 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,978 thousand.
What does PLEOPOD mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A pleopod is one of the paired limbs under the abdomen of a crustacean, used for swimming or for carrying eggs.
In shrimps and lobsters the pleopod sits on the tail section, not on the walking part of the body. Females often keep their eggs attached to the pleopod until they hatch. The word is mostly met in biology texts.
How PLEOPOD is used
Pleopod is a technical word used in zoology when describing the anatomy of crustaceans.
- The female lobster carried her eggs on each pleopod.
- A shrimp beats its pleopod pairs in rhythm to swim forward.
- The diagram labelled every pleopod along the abdomen.
- Biologists counted five pairs of pleopod appendages on the specimen.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PLEOPOD and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PLEOPOD
1 longer words begin with PLEOPOD.
Shorter words from the letters in PLEOPOD
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Common questions about PLEOPOD
- Is PLEOPOD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PLEOPOD, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PLEOPOD worth?
- PLEOPOD is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PLEOPOD mean?
- A pleopod is one of the paired limbs under the abdomen of a crustacean, used for swimming or for carrying eggs.
- What letters can be added to PLEOPOD?
- PLEOPOD takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of PLEOPOD:
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