SCIUROID is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. SCIUROID 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 SCIUROID?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SCIUROID is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SCIUROID
No single letter turns SCIUROID into another word.
How SCIUROID scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in SCIUROID, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SCIUROID has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SCIUROID mean in Scrabble?
adjective
zoology
Of or resembling a squirrel, or shaped like a squirrel's tail.
Sciuroid is a technical word used by zoologists and botanists. It labels animals related to squirrels as well as plant parts that curve in a bushy way.
How SCIUROID is used
Sciuroid is used in natural-history descriptions of rodents and plant forms.
- The fossil is a sciuroid rodent from the Miocene.
- It has a thick, sciuroid tail.
- The sciuroid features of the small mammal were obvious.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SCIUROID and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in SCIUROID
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Common questions about SCIUROID
- Is SCIUROID valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SCIUROID, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SCIUROID worth?
- SCIUROID is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SCIUROID mean?
- Of or resembling a squirrel, or shaped like a squirrel's tail.
- What letters can be added to SCIUROID?
- No single letter can be added to SCIUROID to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of SCIUROID:
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