POLYOMA is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. POLYOMA 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 POLYOMA?
| 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: 53 / 100
Our own measure of how useful POLYOMA is to know. It scores 14 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for POLYOMA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
polyomasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How POLYOMA scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in POLYOMA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,985 thousand.
What does POLYOMA mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
A small DNA virus that is able to cause tumours, especially in mice and other rodents.
In laboratories polyoma became a handy model for studying how viruses turn normal cells cancerous. It usually lives quietly in its natural host and shows its tumour-forming power mainly when moved to another species.
How POLYOMA is used
You will meet polyoma mostly in virology and cancer research texts.
- Early cancer researchers injected polyoma into newborn mice to watch tumours form.
- The polyoma virus carries its genes on a small circle of DNA.
- A paper described how polyoma alters the growth signals inside a cell.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of POLYOMA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with POLYOMA
3 longer words begin with POLYOMA.
Shorter words from the letters in POLYOMA
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Common questions about POLYOMA
- Is POLYOMA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts POLYOMA, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is POLYOMA worth?
- POLYOMA is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does POLYOMA mean?
- A small DNA virus that is able to cause tumours, especially in mice and other rodents.
- What letters can be added to POLYOMA?
- POLYOMA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of POLYOMA:
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