RHABDOMERE is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. RHABDOMERE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RHABDOMERE?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RHABDOMERE is to know. It scores 18 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RHABDOMERE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
rhabdomeresChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How RHABDOMERE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in RHABDOMERE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 2 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so RHABDOMERE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does RHABDOMERE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technicalzoology
A rod-like strip of light-sensitive membrane in the eye of an insect or other invertebrate, which joins with others to form a rhabdom.
Each rhabdomere is built from tiny folded projections along the edge of one photoreceptor cell. In some eyes the rhabdomeres of neighbouring cells stay separate, while in others they fuse into a single central rod.
How RHABDOMERE is used
Specialist term in invertebrate vision and eye anatomy.
- Each rhabdomere in the fruit fly eye contains the light-catching pigment.
- The researchers counted seven rhabdomeres in every ommatidium.
- A damaged rhabdomere gives the fly poor vision.
- Under the microscope the rhabdomere looked like a dense comb.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RHABDOMERE and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with RHABDOMERE
1 longer words begin with RHABDOMERE.
Shorter words from the letters in RHABDOMERE
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Common questions about RHABDOMERE
- Is RHABDOMERE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RHABDOMERE, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RHABDOMERE worth?
- RHABDOMERE is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RHABDOMERE mean?
- A rod-like strip of light-sensitive membrane in the eye of an insect or other invertebrate, which joins with others to form a rhabdom.
- What letters can be added to RHABDOMERE?
- RHABDOMERE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of RHABDOMERE:
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