ZOOPHILY is a valid Scrabble word — 25 points
Yes. ZOOPHILY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 25 points in Scrabble and 25 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ZOOPHILY?
| 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: 49 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ZOOPHILY is to know. It scores 25 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ZOOPHILY
No single letter turns ZOOPHILY into another word.
How ZOOPHILY scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ZOOPHILY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| z | 1 | 1 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ZOOPHILY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ZOOPHILY mean in Scrabble?
noun
rare
Love of animals, or in botany, the pollination of plants by animals.
Zoophily is a rare word that appears in two quite different fields. A naturalist may use it for flowers that depend on creatures to carry their pollen, while older texts used it for sympathy with animals.
How ZOOPHILY is used
Mostly seen in biology and in older writing about animal welfare.
- Zoophily explains why bright, scented blossoms attract birds and bats.
- The author wrote about zoophily as a mark of a gentle character.
- In the textbook, zoophily is contrasted with pollination by wind.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ZOOPHILY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ZOOPHILY
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Common questions about ZOOPHILY
- Is ZOOPHILY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ZOOPHILY, where it scores 25 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ZOOPHILY worth?
- ZOOPHILY is worth 25 points in Scrabble and 25 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ZOOPHILY mean?
- Love of animals, or in botany, the pollination of plants by animals.
- What letters can be added to ZOOPHILY?
- No single letter can be added to ZOOPHILY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ZOOPHILY:
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