TROCHOPHORE is a valid Scrabble word — 21 points
Yes. TROCHOPHORE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 21 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TROCHOPHORE?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TROCHOPHORE is to know. It scores 21 from 11 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TROCHOPHORE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
trochophoresChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TROCHOPHORE scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in TROCHOPHORE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| o | 3 | 8 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 2 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so TROCHOPHORE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does TROCHOPHORE mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoologytechnical
A small free-swimming larva with a band of beating hairs, found in molluscs, marine worms and some other invertebrates.
The trochophore swims with rings of tiny cilia and drifts as plankton before settling into its adult form. Its shape is roughly a spinning top. Biologists treat the trochophore as a clue that very different animals share distant ancestors.
How TROCHOPHORE is used
Used in marine biology and developmental zoology.
- A trochophore hatched from the egg and swam off.
- Under the microscope the trochophore spun like a top.
- Both worms and snails pass through a trochophore stage.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TROCHOPHORE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TROCHOPHORE
1 longer words begin with TROCHOPHORE.
Shorter words from the letters in TROCHOPHORE
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Common questions about TROCHOPHORE
- Is TROCHOPHORE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TROCHOPHORE, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TROCHOPHORE worth?
- TROCHOPHORE is worth 21 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TROCHOPHORE mean?
- A small free-swimming larva with a band of beating hairs, found in molluscs, marine worms and some other invertebrates.
- What letters can be added to TROCHOPHORE?
- TROCHOPHORE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of TROCHOPHORE:
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