ZOOIDAL is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. ZOOIDAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ZOOIDAL?
| 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 ZOOIDAL is to know. It scores 17 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ZOOIDAL
No single letter turns ZOOIDAL into another word.
How ZOOIDAL scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in ZOOIDAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| z | 1 | 1 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 441,125.
What stands out about ZOOIDAL
- ZOOIDAL 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 ZOOIDAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Relating to or resembling a zooid, an individual member of a colonial animal.
Zoologists call a form zooidal when it behaves like a small animal yet remains part of a larger colony. The word is typical of coral, moss animal and jellyfish descriptions.
How ZOOIDAL is used
The adjective zooidal is used in biology texts describing colonial organisms.
- The zooidal structure of the colony allows each unit to specialise.
- She sketched the zooidal buds branching from the main stalk.
- A zooidal growth pattern is common among bryozoans.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ZOOIDAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ZOOIDAL
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Common questions about ZOOIDAL
- Is ZOOIDAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ZOOIDAL, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ZOOIDAL worth?
- ZOOIDAL is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ZOOIDAL mean?
- Relating to or resembling a zooid, an individual member of a colonial animal.
- What letters can be added to ZOOIDAL?
- No single letter can be added to ZOOIDAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of ZOOIDAL:
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