REDIA is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. REDIA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept REDIA?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful REDIA is to know. It scores 6 from 5 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 8.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for REDIA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How REDIA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in REDIA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,227.
What stands out about REDIA
- The same 5 tiles also spell 4 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does REDIA mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A larval stage in the life cycle of many parasitic flatworms called flukes, produced without mating inside a snail and later giving rise to more larvae.
Flukes pass through several distinct body forms as they move between hosts, and this stage does the heavy lifting of multiplication: a single one produced inside a snail can generate dozens of copies of itself before the parasite moves on to its next form, the free-swimming cercaria. Parasitologists study a redia under the microscope to track how a single infected snail can end up releasing huge numbers of larvae into a pond or stream. The word comes from the name given by the scientist who first described this stage of the fluke life cycle.
How REDIA is used
A specialist term found in parasitology and biology textbooks rather than in general use.
- Inside the snail, a single redia can produce many more larvae.
- Scientists observed a redia dividing asexually under the microscope.
- The redia stage follows the sporocyst in the fluke's life cycle.
- Each redia contains developing germinal cells.
- A redia eventually gives rise to free-swimming cercariae.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of REDIA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of REDIA
The 5 tiles of REDIA in a different order — 4 found.
Words starting with REDIA
8 longer words begin with REDIA.
Words ending in REDIA
2 words end in REDIA. Useful as a back hook: play REDIA onto a word already on the board.
Words with REDIA inside
11 words contain REDIA in the middle. Words that start with REDIA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in REDIA
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Common questions about REDIA
- Is REDIA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts REDIA, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is REDIA worth?
- REDIA is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does REDIA mean?
- A larval stage in the life cycle of many parasitic flatworms called flukes, produced without mating inside a snail and later giving rise to more larvae.
- What letters can be added to REDIA?
- REDIA takes 4 hooks: 1 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of REDIA:
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