STEGOSAUR is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. STEGOSAUR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept STEGOSAUR?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful STEGOSAUR is to know. It scores 10 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for STEGOSAUR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
stegosaursChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How STEGOSAUR scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in STEGOSAUR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 2 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so STEGOSAUR has to be built on the board across turns.
What does STEGOSAUR mean in Scrabble?
noun
A plant-eating dinosaur with a row of large bony plates along its back and a spiked tail.
The stegosaur lived in the Jurassic period and had a small head compared with its heavy body. The purpose of its plates is still debated, with heat control and display as leading ideas.
How STEGOSAUR is used
Stegosaur is used in palaeontology and children's books about dinosaurs.
- The museum displays a complete stegosaur skeleton.
- A stegosaur swung its spiked tail at the predator.
- Children drew a green stegosaur with big plates.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of STEGOSAUR and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with STEGOSAUR
5 longer words begin with STEGOSAUR.
Shorter words from the letters in STEGOSAUR
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Common questions about STEGOSAUR
- Is STEGOSAUR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts STEGOSAUR, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is STEGOSAUR worth?
- STEGOSAUR is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does STEGOSAUR mean?
- A plant-eating dinosaur with a row of large bony plates along its back and a spiked tail.
- What letters can be added to STEGOSAUR?
- STEGOSAUR takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of STEGOSAUR:
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