SAUROPOD is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. SAUROPOD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SAUROPOD?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SAUROPOD is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SAUROPOD
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
sauropodsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SAUROPOD scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in SAUROPOD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SAUROPOD has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SAUROPOD mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A huge plant-eating dinosaur with a long neck and tail, a small head and four pillar-like legs.
Sauropod covers the biggest land animals ever to have lived, such as the diplodocus and the brachiosaurus. Their size meant they spent most of the day eating enough leaves to sustain their bulk.
How SAUROPOD is used
Sauropod is used in palaeontology and popular books about dinosaurs.
- A sauropod could reach the tops of tall trees.
- The museum displays a complete sauropod skeleton.
- Footprints show a sauropod walked along this shore.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SAUROPOD and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SAUROPOD
2 longer words begin with SAUROPOD.
Shorter words from the letters in SAUROPOD
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Common questions about SAUROPOD
- Is SAUROPOD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SAUROPOD, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SAUROPOD worth?
- SAUROPOD is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SAUROPOD mean?
- A huge plant-eating dinosaur with a long neck and tail, a small head and four pillar-like legs.
- What letters can be added to SAUROPOD?
- SAUROPOD takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of SAUROPOD:
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