ZEDOARY is a valid Scrabble word — 20 points
Yes. ZEDOARY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 20 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ZEDOARY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 60 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ZEDOARY is to know. It scores 20 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ZEDOARY
No single letter turns ZEDOARY into another word.
How ZEDOARY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in ZEDOARY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| z | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 385,985.
What does ZEDOARY mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
The aromatic rhizome of a tropical Asian plant related to ginger and turmeric, used in medicine, cooking and perfumery.
Zedoary has a bitter, spicy taste somewhat like ginger. It is dried and sold in slices or powder, and old herbals recommended it as a stimulant.
How ZEDOARY is used
Rare outside herbal medicine and South Asian cooking; also names the plant.
- The herbalist ground dried zedoary into a fine powder.
- Zedoary gives the chutney a faint camphor note.
- Old recipes list zedoary beside ginger and cardamom.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ZEDOARY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ZEDOARY
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Common questions about ZEDOARY
- Is ZEDOARY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ZEDOARY, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ZEDOARY worth?
- ZEDOARY is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ZEDOARY mean?
- The aromatic rhizome of a tropical Asian plant related to ginger and turmeric, used in medicine, cooking and perfumery.
- What letters can be added to ZEDOARY?
- No single letter can be added to ZEDOARY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of ZEDOARY:
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