RHIZOID is a valid Scrabble word — 20 points
Yes. RHIZOID is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 20 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RHIZOID?
| 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: 62 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RHIZOID is to know. It scores 20 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RHIZOID
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
rhizoidsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How RHIZOID scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in RHIZOID, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,158 thousand.
What does RHIZOID mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A tiny hairlike filament that anchors a moss, liverwort or similar plant to the ground and draws up water.
Unlike a true root, a rhizoid has no internal vessels for carrying water, which is why it is used for mosses and liverworts rather than for flowering plants. Botanists look at the rhizoid when telling primitive plant groups apart.
How RHIZOID is used
Used in botany for the anchoring filaments of lower plants such as mosses, liverworts and some algae.
- Under the microscope, each rhizoid looked like a pale thread gripping the soil.
- A liverwort fastens itself to damp stone with a mass of rhizoid filaments.
- The rhizoid is much simpler than the root of a fern or a tree.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RHIZOID and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with RHIZOID
2 longer words begin with RHIZOID.
Shorter words from the letters in RHIZOID
Common questions about RHIZOID
- Is RHIZOID valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RHIZOID, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RHIZOID worth?
- RHIZOID is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RHIZOID mean?
- A tiny hairlike filament that anchors a moss, liverwort or similar plant to the ground and draws up water.
- What letters can be added to RHIZOID?
- RHIZOID takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of RHIZOID:
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