VOLVOX is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. VOLVOX is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 22 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept VOLVOX?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VOLVOX is to know. It scores 19 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VOLVOX
No single letter turns VOLVOX into another word.
How VOLVOX scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in VOLVOX, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 2 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 10,643 thousand.
What does VOLVOX mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A green freshwater organism that lives in round, free-swimming colonies of many tiny cells.
A volvox colony looks like a hollow ball, rolling slowly through pond water by the beating of small hair-like cilia. Biologists study it because it sits between single cells and many-celled life. It is visible under an ordinary microscope.
How VOLVOX is used
Used in biology lessons and microscopy.
- A single volvox drifted across the microscope slide.
- Students watched the volvox roll through the drop of pond water.
- The volvox colony looked like a tiny green ball.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VOLVOX and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with VOLVOX
1 longer words begin with VOLVOX.
Shorter words from the letters in VOLVOX
Common questions about VOLVOX
- Is VOLVOX valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VOLVOX, where it scores 22 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VOLVOX worth?
- VOLVOX is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VOLVOX mean?
- A green freshwater organism that lives in round, free-swimming colonies of many tiny cells.
- What letters can be added to VOLVOX?
- No single letter can be added to VOLVOX to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of VOLVOX:
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