VIVIPARA is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. VIVIPARA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept VIVIPARA?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VIVIPARA is to know. It scores 16 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VIVIPARA
No single letter turns VIVIPARA into another word.
How VIVIPARA scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in VIVIPARA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 2 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so VIVIPARA has to be built on the board across turns.
What does VIVIPARA mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
Animals whose young develop inside the mother and are born alive.
The term vivipara is plural and old-fashioned, set against oviparous creatures that lay eggs. Mammals are the best-known members of the group. It also serves as the name of a genus of freshwater snails.
How VIVIPARA is used
Used in older zoological classification.
- Mammals were once grouped together as the vivipara.
- The vivipara were contrasted with egg-laying species.
- The old textbook listed the vivipara in its first chapter.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VIVIPARA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in VIVIPARA
Common questions about VIVIPARA
- Is VIVIPARA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VIVIPARA, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VIVIPARA worth?
- VIVIPARA is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VIVIPARA mean?
- Animals whose young develop inside the mother and are born alive.
- What letters can be added to VIVIPARA?
- No single letter can be added to VIVIPARA to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of VIVIPARA:
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