TETRASPORE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. TETRASPORE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TETRASPORE?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TETRASPORE is to know. It scores 12 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TETRASPORE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
tetrasporesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TETRASPORE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in TETRASPORE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 2 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so TETRASPORE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does TETRASPORE mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
One of four asexual spores formed together in a red alga.
Biologists meet the tetraspore when studying red seaweed life cycles, where the four spores of a set are produced together and may later grow into separate male and female plants. The name itself simply means four spores.
How TETRASPORE is used
Found in botany and marine biology texts about red algae reproduction.
- Each tetraspore drifted away from the parent frond.
- Under the microscope the tetraspore sets were easy to count.
- A single tetraspore can settle on a rock and start a new plant.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TETRASPORE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TETRASPORE
1 longer words begin with TETRASPORE.
Shorter words from the letters in TETRASPORE
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Common questions about TETRASPORE
- Is TETRASPORE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TETRASPORE, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TETRASPORE worth?
- TETRASPORE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TETRASPORE mean?
- One of four asexual spores formed together in a red alga.
- What letters can be added to TETRASPORE?
- TETRASPORE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of TETRASPORE:
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