POLYHEDRON is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. POLYHEDRON is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept POLYHEDRON?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful POLYHEDRON is to know. It scores 19 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for POLYHEDRON
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
polyhedronsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How POLYHEDRON scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in POLYHEDRON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so POLYHEDRON has to be built on the board across turns.
What does POLYHEDRON mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A solid figure whose surface is made up of flat polygonal faces.
Cubes, pyramids and prisms are all examples of a polyhedron. Each face meets its neighbours along straight edges, and the edges meet at corners called vertices. The five regular ones are known as the Platonic solids.
How POLYHEDRON is used
Used in geometry and mathematics teaching.
- A cube is the simplest regular polyhedron.
- Each face of the polyhedron is a triangle.
- Euler found a formula linking the faces, edges and corners of a polyhedron.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of POLYHEDRON and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with POLYHEDRON
1 longer words begin with POLYHEDRON.
Shorter words from the letters in POLYHEDRON
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Common questions about POLYHEDRON
- Is POLYHEDRON valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts POLYHEDRON, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is POLYHEDRON worth?
- POLYHEDRON is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does POLYHEDRON mean?
- A solid figure whose surface is made up of flat polygonal faces.
- What letters can be added to POLYHEDRON?
- POLYHEDRON takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of POLYHEDRON:
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