TETRAPOD is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. TETRAPOD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TETRAPOD?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TETRAPOD is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TETRAPOD
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TETRAPOD scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in TETRAPOD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 2 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so TETRAPOD has to be built on the board across turns.
What does TETRAPOD mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A vertebrate animal that has four limbs, such as an amphibian, reptile, bird or mammal.
Biologists use tetrapod as a broad grouping term that reaches well beyond four-legged walkers. Snakes and whales count as tetrapods because their ancestors had four limbs. The word also turns up for any object standing on four supports.
How TETRAPOD is used
Mostly used in zoology and palaeontology when discussing the move of vertebrates from water to land.
- The fossil was an early tetrapod that could probably crawl onto mudbanks.
- Every bird is a tetrapod, even though its front limbs became wings.
- Scientists compared the skull of the tetrapod with that of a lobe-finned fish.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TETRAPOD and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TETRAPOD
5 longer words begin with TETRAPOD.
Shorter words from the letters in TETRAPOD
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Common questions about TETRAPOD
- Is TETRAPOD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TETRAPOD, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TETRAPOD worth?
- TETRAPOD is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TETRAPOD mean?
- A vertebrate animal that has four limbs, such as an amphibian, reptile, bird or mammal.
- What letters can be added to TETRAPOD?
- TETRAPOD takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of TETRAPOD:
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