CEIBA is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. CEIBA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CEIBA?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CEIBA is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CEIBA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
ceibasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CEIBA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in CEIBA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 19,364.
What does CEIBA mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A tall tropical American tree with a thick trunk and seed pods that produce a light, cotton-like fiber.
The ceiba grows to great height with a broad, often buttressed trunk, and its seed pods contain a fiber once widely harvested as kapok for stuffing pillows and life jackets; English speakers frequently name the same species the kapok tree. The tree holds deep cultural significance in Mesoamerica, where the Maya regarded it as a sacred tree connecting the underworld, earth, and sky. Ceiba trees are also valued for the shade their wide canopies provide in tropical lowlands.
How CEIBA is used
Countable noun; often seen in botanical and regional writing about Central and South America.
- The ancient ceiba towered over the village square.
- Villagers considered the old ceiba sacred and refused to cut it down.
- Fluffy fiber drifted from the ripe pods of the ceiba.
- The rainforest trail wound past a massive ceiba tree.
- Botanists measured the buttressed roots of the ceiba.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CEIBA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CEIBA
1 longer words begin with CEIBA.
Shorter words from the letters in CEIBA
Common questions about CEIBA
- Is CEIBA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CEIBA, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CEIBA worth?
- CEIBA is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CEIBA mean?
- A tall tropical American tree with a thick trunk and seed pods that produce a light, cotton-like fiber.
- What letters can be added to CEIBA?
- CEIBA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of CEIBA:
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