ZOEAL is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. ZOEAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ZOEAL?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ZOEAL is to know. It scores 14 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ZOEAL
No single letter turns ZOEAL into another word.
How ZOEAL scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ZOEAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| z | 1 | 1 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 21,785.
What stands out about ZOEAL
- ZOEAL 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 ZOEAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
zoologytechnical
Relating to or being in the zoea stage of larval development in crabs, shrimps and other decapod crustaceans.
A zoeal larva swims freely and looks nothing like the adult it will become, with long spines and large eyes that help it drift and feed in open water. Marine biologists use the zoeal stage to identify young crustaceans long before any adult features appear, since the shell and legs of the final form have not yet developed. The word appears almost exclusively in scientific writing about crab and shrimp development.
How ZOEAL is used
Technical zoology term, used in scientific descriptions of crustacean larvae rather than in everyday speech.
- The zoeal stage of the crab lasts several weeks before it moults into the next form.
- Researchers counted zoeal larvae in the plankton samples collected offshore.
- A zoeal body has long spines that help it float near the surface.
- The lab raised the shrimp from the zoeal stage to the adult form.
- Each zoeal moult brings the larva a step closer to its crab shape.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ZOEAL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ZOEAL
The 5 tiles of ZOEAL in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in ZOEAL
Common questions about ZOEAL
- Is ZOEAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ZOEAL, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ZOEAL worth?
- ZOEAL is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ZOEAL mean?
- Relating to or being in the zoea stage of larval development in crabs, shrimps and other decapod crustaceans.
- What letters can be added to ZOEAL?
- No single letter can be added to ZOEAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ZOEAL:
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