VESPID is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. VESPID is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept VESPID?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VESPID is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VESPID
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
vespidsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How VESPID scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in VESPID, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 172,461.
What does VESPID mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A wasp belonging to the family Vespidae, which includes hornets and yellow jackets.
Most vespids build nests of papery material chewed from wood and live in colonies headed by a queen. The family also includes the potter and mason wasps, which are solitary. The word is built on the Latin vespa, wasp, and is used mainly by entomologists, while gardeners and cooks simply say wasp or hornet.
How VESPID is used
A scientific term used in entomology; as an adjective it means relating to this family of wasps.
- The hornet is the largest vespid in the garden.
- A vespid nest hung from the eaves of the barn.
- The entomologist pinned a vespid beside the other wasps.
- Every vespid in the colony defended the paper nest.
- Pollen on the vespid showed that it had visited the flowers.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VESPID and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with VESPID
1 longer words begin with VESPID.
Shorter words from the letters in VESPID
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Common questions about VESPID
- Is VESPID valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VESPID, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VESPID worth?
- VESPID is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VESPID mean?
- A wasp belonging to the family Vespidae, which includes hornets and yellow jackets.
- What letters can be added to VESPID?
- VESPID takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of VESPID:
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