CAECILIAN is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. CAECILIAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CAECILIAN?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CAECILIAN is to know. It scores 13 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CAECILIAN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
caeciliansChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CAECILIAN scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in CAECILIAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CAECILIAN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CAECILIAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A tropical burrowing amphibian with no limbs and a wormlike body.
A caecilian spends most of its life underground, and its eyes are poorly developed or hidden under skin. People often mistake it for an earthworm or a snake, though it is an amphibian like a frog.
How CAECILIAN is used
Used in zoology for this group of legless amphibians.
- The caecilian slid into the damp soil and disappeared.
- A caecilian looks more like a worm than a frog.
- The expedition found a rare caecilian in the rainforest.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CAECILIAN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CAECILIAN
1 longer words begin with CAECILIAN.
Shorter words from the letters in CAECILIAN
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Common questions about CAECILIAN
- Is CAECILIAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CAECILIAN, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CAECILIAN worth?
- CAECILIAN is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CAECILIAN mean?
- A tropical burrowing amphibian with no limbs and a wormlike body.
- What letters can be added to CAECILIAN?
- CAECILIAN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of CAECILIAN:
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