RHYTIDOME is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. RHYTIDOME is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RHYTIDOME?
| 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 RHYTIDOME is to know. It scores 18 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RHYTIDOME
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
rhytidomesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How RHYTIDOME scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in RHYTIDOME, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so RHYTIDOME has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about RHYTIDOME
- All 9 letters of RHYTIDOME are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does RHYTIDOME mean in Scrabble?
noun
botanytechnical
The dead outer bark of a tree, made up of old periderm layers and tissue cut off from the living part.
The rough, furrowed or flaking covering you see on an old oak is its rhytidome. Botanists use the term to separate that dead layer from the thin living bark underneath.
How RHYTIDOME is used
Used in botany and forestry when describing bark structure.
- The thick rhytidome protects the trunk from fire.
- Cracks run deep through the rhytidome of the old pine.
- The rhytidome peeled away in plates.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RHYTIDOME and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with RHYTIDOME
1 longer words begin with RHYTIDOME.
Shorter words from the letters in RHYTIDOME
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Common questions about RHYTIDOME
- Is RHYTIDOME valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RHYTIDOME, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RHYTIDOME worth?
- RHYTIDOME is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RHYTIDOME mean?
- The dead outer bark of a tree, made up of old periderm layers and tissue cut off from the living part.
- What letters can be added to RHYTIDOME?
- RHYTIDOME takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of RHYTIDOME:
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