THALLOID is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. THALLOID 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 THALLOID?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful THALLOID is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for THALLOID
No single letter turns THALLOID into another word.
How THALLOID scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in THALLOID, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so THALLOID has to be built on the board across turns.
What does THALLOID mean in Scrabble?
adjective
botany
Having the form of a plant body that is not divided into true roots, stems or leaves.
Botanists call liverworts and many lichens thalloid because their flat bodies lack true organs. The word lets them group such growth by shape rather than by family.
How THALLOID is used
Technical botany term for algae, fungi, lichens and liverworts.
- The liverwort forms a thalloid mat on the damp rock.
- Thalloid growth is common among lichens.
- The sample showed a flat, thalloid body.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of THALLOID and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in THALLOID
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Common questions about THALLOID
- Is THALLOID valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts THALLOID, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is THALLOID worth?
- THALLOID is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does THALLOID mean?
- Having the form of a plant body that is not divided into true roots, stems or leaves.
- What letters can be added to THALLOID?
- No single letter can be added to THALLOID to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of THALLOID:
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