ACELDAMA is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. ACELDAMA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ACELDAMA?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ACELDAMA is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ACELDAMA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
aceldamasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ACELDAMA scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ACELDAMA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 3 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ACELDAMA has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about ACELDAMA
- ACELDAMA begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ACELDAMA mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
A place of bloodshed; a scene of slaughter.
Aceldama is the field outside Jerusalem bought with Judas's coins, named in the Bible the field of blood. Writers later borrowed it for any battlefield or place stained by killing.
How ACELDAMA is used
Literary and biblical in tone; very rare in everyday use.
- The valley became an aceldama after three days of fighting.
- The poet called the old fortress an aceldama.
- Chroniclers described the ravaged plain as an aceldama.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ACELDAMA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ACELDAMA
1 longer words begin with ACELDAMA.
Shorter words from the letters in ACELDAMA
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Common questions about ACELDAMA
- Is ACELDAMA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ACELDAMA, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ACELDAMA worth?
- ACELDAMA is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ACELDAMA mean?
- A place of bloodshed; a scene of slaughter.
- What letters can be added to ACELDAMA?
- ACELDAMA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ACELDAMA:
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