POLYPUS is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. POLYPUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept POLYPUS?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 47 / 100
Our own measure of how useful POLYPUS is to know. It scores 14 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for POLYPUS
No single letter turns POLYPUS into another word.
How POLYPUS scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in POLYPUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 2 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 15,632 thousand.
What does POLYPUS mean in Scrabble?
noun
medicalarchaic
A growth that sticks out from the lining of a mucous membrane, such as in the nose.
Older medical writers favoured polypus for a stalked, pear-shaped swelling found in the nose or womb. Modern doctors normally say polyp instead, and polypus survives mainly in older books and as a Latin-style variant.
How POLYPUS is used
The term polypus is now dated and is usually replaced by the plainer polyp.
- The surgeon removed a small polypus from the nasal passage.
- An old textbook describes the polypus as a soft growth on a narrow stalk.
- The patient breathed more easily once the polypus was gone.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of POLYPUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with POLYPUS
1 longer words begin with POLYPUS.
Shorter words from the letters in POLYPUS
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Common questions about POLYPUS
- Is POLYPUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts POLYPUS, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is POLYPUS worth?
- POLYPUS is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does POLYPUS mean?
- A growth that sticks out from the lining of a mucous membrane, such as in the nose.
- What letters can be added to POLYPUS?
- No single letter can be added to POLYPUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of POLYPUS:
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