TROGLODYTE is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. TROGLODYTE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TROGLODYTE?
| 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 TROGLODYTE is to know. It scores 15 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TROGLODYTE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
troglodytesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TROGLODYTE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in TROGLODYTE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 2 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so TROGLODYTE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does TROGLODYTE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A person who lives in a cave, or, in modern use, someone seen as stubbornly old-fashioned.
The original sense belongs to ancient writers describing cave-dwelling peoples. Today a troglodyte is far more often a jibe thrown at someone who refuses new technology or ideas.
How TROGLODYTE is used
Troglodyte is literal in history and archaeology, but in casual speech it is usually a mildly insulting figure of speech.
- Classical authors described a troglodyte people living along the Red Sea.
- My brother calls me a troglodyte because I still use a paper map.
- The village museum shows how a troglodyte family might have lived in the cliff.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TROGLODYTE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TROGLODYTE
1 longer words begin with TROGLODYTE.
Shorter words from the letters in TROGLODYTE
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Common questions about TROGLODYTE
- Is TROGLODYTE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TROGLODYTE, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TROGLODYTE worth?
- TROGLODYTE is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TROGLODYTE mean?
- A person who lives in a cave, or, in modern use, someone seen as stubbornly old-fashioned.
- What letters can be added to TROGLODYTE?
- TROGLODYTE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of TROGLODYTE:
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