ALCIDINE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. ALCIDINE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ALCIDINE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ALCIDINE is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ALCIDINE
No single letter turns ALCIDINE into another word.
How ALCIDINE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ALCIDINE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ALCIDINE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ALCIDINE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
zoology
Relating to the auk family of seabirds, which includes puffins and guillemots.
Alcidine describes any bird in the family Alcidae, a group of diving seabirds of cold waters. The adjective is mostly seen in bird guides and scientific papers. It is built from the Latin name of the razorbill genus.
How ALCIDINE is used
Alcidine is a zoological adjective, with a rarer noun use for a member of the family.
- The cliff colony was mainly alcidine, full of puffins and razorbills.
- An alcidine bird dived below the waves.
- The study focused on alcidine feeding habits.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ALCIDINE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ALCIDINE
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Common questions about ALCIDINE
- Is ALCIDINE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ALCIDINE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ALCIDINE worth?
- ALCIDINE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ALCIDINE mean?
- Relating to the auk family of seabirds, which includes puffins and guillemots.
- What letters can be added to ALCIDINE?
- No single letter can be added to ALCIDINE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ALCIDINE:
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