TAENIOID is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. TAENIOID is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TAENIOID?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TAENIOID is to know. It scores 9 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TAENIOID
No single letter turns TAENIOID into another word.
How TAENIOID scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in TAENIOID, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so TAENIOID has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about TAENIOID
- TAENIOID runs three vowels in a row, which almost no English word does.
- The same 8 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does TAENIOID mean in Scrabble?
adjective
zoology
Taenioid describes something ribbon-like in shape or resembling a tapeworm of the genus Taenia.
Taenioid is used in biology and medicine for flat, long bodies like a strip of tape. It is a specialist word that seldom appears outside textbooks.
How TAENIOID is used
Taenioid is a rare scientific adjective for ribbon-shaped or tapeworm-like things.
- The parasite had a taenioid body several metres long.
- Under the lens the structure looked taenioid and flat.
- The author called the leaf taenioid because of its narrow strip form.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TAENIOID and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of TAENIOID
The 8 tiles of TAENIOID in a different order — 2 found.
Shorter words from the letters in TAENIOID
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Common questions about TAENIOID
- Is TAENIOID valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TAENIOID, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TAENIOID worth?
- TAENIOID is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TAENIOID mean?
- Taenioid describes something ribbon-like in shape or resembling a tapeworm of the genus Taenia.
- What letters can be added to TAENIOID?
- No single letter can be added to TAENIOID to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of TAENIOID:
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