CECROPIA is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. CECROPIA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CECROPIA?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CECROPIA is to know. It scores 14 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CECROPIA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cecropiasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CECROPIA scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in CECROPIA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CECROPIA has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CECROPIA mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A fast-growing tropical American tree with large hand-shaped leaves, or a large North American silk moth.
The cecropia tree is often the first to spring up on cleared land in the rainforest and is a favourite home for ants and sloths. The moth of the same name is the biggest native moth in North America, with red-brown wings.
How CECROPIA is used
Used in botany and in entomology for the moth.
- A cecropia tree shaded the abandoned clearing.
- The cecropia moth rested on the porch screen.
- Sloths are often seen hanging in a cecropia.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CECROPIA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CECROPIA
1 longer words begin with CECROPIA.
Shorter words from the letters in CECROPIA
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Common questions about CECROPIA
- Is CECROPIA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CECROPIA, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CECROPIA worth?
- CECROPIA is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CECROPIA mean?
- A fast-growing tropical American tree with large hand-shaped leaves, or a large North American silk moth.
- What letters can be added to CECROPIA?
- CECROPIA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of CECROPIA:
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