CALCIMINE is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. CALCIMINE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CALCIMINE?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CALCIMINE is to know. It scores 15 from 9 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CALCIMINE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CALCIMINE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in CALCIMINE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CALCIMINE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CALCIMINE mean in Scrabble?
noun
trademarkNorth American
A white or lightly tinted wash made from zinc oxide or chalk and glue, brushed onto walls and ceilings.
Painters once relied on calcimine because it was cheap and dried to a soft matte finish. It rubs off easily, so later paint rarely sticks to it without scraping.
How CALCIMINE is used
Used in older decorating and building writing; it is also a verb meaning to coat with this wash.
- The old cellar walls were covered in calcimine.
- He brushed fresh calcimine on the ceiling.
- Flaking calcimine had to be washed off before repainting.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CALCIMINE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CALCIMINE
2 longer words begin with CALCIMINE.
Shorter words from the letters in CALCIMINE
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Common questions about CALCIMINE
- Is CALCIMINE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CALCIMINE, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CALCIMINE worth?
- CALCIMINE is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CALCIMINE mean?
- A white or lightly tinted wash made from zinc oxide or chalk and glue, brushed onto walls and ceilings.
- What letters can be added to CALCIMINE?
- CALCIMINE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of CALCIMINE:
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