VORTICELLA is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. VORTICELLA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept VORTICELLA?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VORTICELLA is to know. It scores 15 from 10 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VORTICELLA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How VORTICELLA scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in VORTICELLA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so VORTICELLA has to be built on the board across turns.
What does VORTICELLA mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoologytechnical
A tiny single-celled water creature with a bell-shaped body on a contractile stalk.
A vorticella is easy to spot under a microscope because its stalk snaps into a coil when disturbed. The beating cilia around its rim create small currents that sweep food into the cell.
How VORTICELLA is used
Vorticella is a biology term for a stalked protozoan, seen in pond water and school microscopy.
- Under the microscope the vorticella pulled back on its coiled stalk.
- Students found a vorticella attached to a water plant.
- Each vorticella feeds by sweeping particles with its cilia.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VORTICELLA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with VORTICELLA
2 longer words begin with VORTICELLA.
Shorter words from the letters in VORTICELLA
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Common questions about VORTICELLA
- Is VORTICELLA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VORTICELLA, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VORTICELLA worth?
- VORTICELLA is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VORTICELLA mean?
- A tiny single-celled water creature with a bell-shaped body on a contractile stalk.
- What letters can be added to VORTICELLA?
- VORTICELLA takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of VORTICELLA:
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