Is HYOID a word?
HYOID is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words With Friends, has 5 letters, and can be rearranged into 0 other words, plus 9 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, HYOID is a valid word.
What does hyoid mean?
noun: a U-shaped bone at the base of the tongue that supports the tongue muscles.
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
HYOID: word details
- Length: 5 letters, a medium-length word. It is one of 12,578 5-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 12 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 10 points on the tiles.
- Wordle: five letters, so HYOID works as a Wordle guess or answer.
- Games: recognised in the combined word list Unscrambly uses for Scrabble and Words With Friends. Acceptance in official tournament lists (TWL, SOWPODS) can vary.
Shorter words inside hyoid
Words you can make from the letters of hyoid.
Solve a whole rack, not just HYOID
HYOID is one word. If you are holding tiles rather than looking up a single entry, the Scrabble word finder ranks every play from your rack by points, and the Words With Friends solver scores the same letters with WWF values instead, which changes the order of the list.
Frequently asked questions
What does HYOID mean?
HYOID is a noun. It means: a U-shaped bone at the base of the tongue that supports the tongue muscles.
Is HYOID a valid word?
Yes, HYOID is a valid word. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words With Friends.
Unscrambly validity is based on a large open English word list used across word games. Word acceptance varies by the exact tournament dictionary in use.