ZYGON is valid in Collins, not in North America — 18 points
It depends on the list you play by. ZYGON is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 18 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept ZYGON?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ZYGON is to know. It scores 18 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ZYGON
No single letter turns ZYGON into another word.
How ZYGON scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ZYGON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| z | 1 | 1 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 261,415.
What does ZYGON mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A bar or crosspiece that joins two parts of a skeletal structure, as in certain marine invertebrates.
In the skeleton of some echinoderms, such as brittle stars, a zygon connects two plates or rods into a single rigid unit. The term comes from the Greek word for a yoke, the same root behind the adjective zygal.
How ZYGON is used
Specialist zoological term, rarely met outside descriptions of invertebrate anatomy.
- The zygon held the two arm plates firmly together.
- Researchers measured the length of each zygon under a microscope.
- Without an intact zygon, the joint loses much of its strength.
- The specimen's zygon had fused slightly out of line.
- A broken zygon was visible in the older, damaged sample.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ZYGON and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ZYGON
Common questions about ZYGON
- Is ZYGON valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and ZYGON is not in it.
- How many points is ZYGON worth?
- ZYGON is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ZYGON mean?
- A bar or crosspiece that joins two parts of a skeletal structure, as in certain marine invertebrates.
- What letters can be added to ZYGON?
- No single letter can be added to ZYGON to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ZYGON:
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