SCLEROID is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. SCLEROID 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 SCLEROID?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SCLEROID is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SCLEROID
No single letter turns SCLEROID into another word.
How SCLEROID scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in SCLEROID, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SCLEROID has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about SCLEROID
- All 8 letters of SCLEROID are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SCLEROID mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Hard or hardened in texture, as in tissue or the parts of an organism.
Scleroid is a technical adjective found in biology and medicine for things that have turned stiff and firm. It signals toughness of the substance itself rather than of behaviour.
How SCLEROID is used
Scleroid is rare outside anatomical and botanical description.
- The scleroid coat of the seed protects the embryo.
- Scleroid tissue resisted the scalpel.
- The nut's scleroid shell was hard to crack.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SCLEROID and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in SCLEROID
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Common questions about SCLEROID
- Is SCLEROID valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SCLEROID, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SCLEROID worth?
- SCLEROID is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SCLEROID mean?
- Hard or hardened in texture, as in tissue or the parts of an organism.
- What letters can be added to SCLEROID?
- No single letter can be added to SCLEROID to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of SCLEROID:
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