ZOA is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. ZOA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ZOA?
| 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: 50 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ZOA is to know. It scores 12 from 3 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ZOA
No single letter turns ZOA into another word.
How ZOA scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in ZOA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| z | 1 | 1 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,246.
What does ZOA mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
Plural of zoon, a whole organism developed from one egg.
Zoa is a plural almost nobody needs, since the singular is rare enough on its own: both belong to nineteenth-century zoology and to the argument about where one animal ends inside a colony. The ending has survived far better inside protozoa and spermatozoa than it has by itself.
How ZOA is used
Plural of zoon. Chiefly in older zoological writing.
- The colony is described as a set of zoa acting together.
- Older texts count zoa where a modern one counts individuals.
- Two zoa of the same colony may look nothing alike.
- The word zoa survives best inside longer words.
- He uses zoa and then spends a paragraph defending it.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ZOA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ZOA
The 3 tiles of ZOA in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with ZOA
11 longer words begin with ZOA.
Words ending in ZOA
14 words end in ZOA. Useful as a back hook: play ZOA onto a word already on the board.
Words with ZOA inside
Showing 24 of 52 words that contain ZOA somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ZOA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ZOA
Common questions about ZOA
- Is ZOA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ZOA, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ZOA worth?
- ZOA is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ZOA mean?
- Plural of zoon, a whole organism developed from one egg.
- What letters can be added to ZOA?
- No single letter can be added to ZOA to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of ZOA:
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