ZOOID is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. ZOOID is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ZOOID?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ZOOID is to know. It scores 15 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ZOOID
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
zooidsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ZOOID scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ZOOID, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| z | 1 | 1 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 74,690.
What stands out about ZOOID
- ZOOID runs three vowels in a row, which almost no English word does.
- The letters of ZOOID run in reverse alphabetical order.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ZOOID mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
One of the individual animal units making up a colonial organism, such as coral or a bryozoan colony.
A zooid functions much like a single small animal but remains physically joined to others of its kind, sharing tissue, nutrients or a common skeleton within the colony. Each zooid may be specialised for a particular task, such as feeding, reproduction or defence, depending on the species. Colonies of coral, siphonophores and bryozoans are all built from many such interconnected zooids.
How ZOOID is used
A specialist biological term used mainly in zoology when describing colonial animals.
- Each zooid in the coral colony contributes to the shared skeleton.
- The biologist counted hundreds of zooids under the microscope.
- A single zooid cannot survive long once separated from the colony.
- Some zooids are specialised purely for capturing food.
- The bryozoan colony grows as new zooids bud from older ones.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ZOOID and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ZOOID
2 longer words begin with ZOOID.
Words ending in ZOOID
2 words end in ZOOID. Useful as a back hook: play ZOOID onto a word already on the board.
Words with ZOOID inside
1 words contain ZOOID in the middle. Words that start with ZOOID are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ZOOID
Common questions about ZOOID
- Is ZOOID valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ZOOID, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ZOOID worth?
- ZOOID is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ZOOID mean?
- One of the individual animal units making up a colonial organism, such as coral or a bryozoan colony.
- What letters can be added to ZOOID?
- ZOOID takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ZOOID:
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