ZOEA is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. ZOEA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ZOEA?
| 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: 57 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ZOEA is to know. It scores 13 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 7.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ZOEA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ZOEA scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in ZOEA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| z | 1 | 1 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,538.
What stands out about ZOEA
- ZOEA runs three vowels in a row, which almost no English word does.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ZOEA mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A larval stage of certain crustaceans.
The zoea carries spines far longer than its own body, which makes it awkward for anything to swallow. It looks so unlike the adult that it was described as a separate animal before the connection was made.
How ZOEA is used
Countable; the plural is zoeas or zoeae.
- A zoea has spines longer than its body.
- The word zoea named what was thought to be a separate animal.
- A crab passes through a zoea stage before settling.
- Two zoeas from the same brood look identical.
- The zoea drifts and the adult does not.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ZOEA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ZOEA
3 longer words begin with ZOEA.
Shorter words from the letters in ZOEA
Common questions about ZOEA
- Is ZOEA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ZOEA, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ZOEA worth?
- ZOEA is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ZOEA mean?
- A larval stage of certain crustaceans.
- What letters can be added to ZOEA?
- ZOEA takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of ZOEA:
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