PYOID is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. PYOID is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PYOID?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PYOID is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PYOID
No single letter turns PYOID into another word.
How PYOID scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in PYOID, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 65,354.
What does PYOID mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medical
Resembling or consisting of pus; purulent.
Doctors use pyoid to describe discharge, tissue or fluid that looks like pus even before laboratory tests confirm a true infection. The word is built from the Greek root for pus, the same root behind pyorrhea, so it fits naturally into clinical vocabulary rather than everyday speech. A wound report might call material pyoid simply on its appearance, leaving the diagnosis to further testing.
How PYOID is used
A technical, mainly clinical word, rarely used outside medical description.
- The surgeon noted a pyoid discharge around the incision.
- Laboratory tests were ordered to confirm whether the fluid was truly pyoid.
- The wound showed a thick, pyoid coating by the third day.
- A pyoid appearance does not always mean an active infection.
- The report described the exudate as pyoid rather than clear.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PYOID and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in PYOID
Common questions about PYOID
- Is PYOID valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PYOID, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PYOID worth?
- PYOID is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PYOID mean?
- Resembling or consisting of pus; purulent.
- What letters can be added to PYOID?
- No single letter can be added to PYOID to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of PYOID:
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