VIROID is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. VIROID is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept VIROID?
| 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 VIROID is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VIROID
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
viroidsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How VIROID scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in VIROID, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 86,231.
What does VIROID mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A tiny infectious particle that causes disease in plants and consists of a short strand of genetic material with no protein coat.
A viroid is even simpler than a virus, because it carries only a small loop of RNA and no outer shell at all. The first viroid was identified in the 1970s as the cause of a disease of potato tubers. Viroids are known to infect plants such as citrus, avocado and chrysanthemum, and they spread through cuttings and farm tools.
How VIROID is used
A scientific term used in plant pathology and microbiology.
- The grower lost a whole row of trees to a viroid.
- A viroid has no protein coat, unlike a true virus.
- The lab traced the stunted growth to a viroid in the cuttings.
- Scientists once doubted that a viroid could cause disease with so little genetic material.
- Cleaning the blades helps stop a viroid from moving between plants.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VIROID and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with VIROID
1 longer words begin with VIROID.
Shorter words from the letters in VIROID
Common questions about VIROID
- Is VIROID valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VIROID, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VIROID worth?
- VIROID is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VIROID mean?
- A tiny infectious particle that causes disease in plants and consists of a short strand of genetic material with no protein coat.
- What letters can be added to VIROID?
- VIROID takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of VIROID:
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