CELLA is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. CELLA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CELLA?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CELLA is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CELLA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How CELLA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in CELLA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 58,092.
What does CELLA mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The Latin architectural term for a temple's windowless sanctuary room housing the cult image, and the root of the modern word cell.
Priests and worshippers treated the cella as the most sacred part of a temple, often restricting entry so that only priests could approach the statue of the god housed inside. Surrounding the cella, columns and porches formed the outer, more public parts of the building, such as those still visible at the Parthenon. The Latin word originally meant a small room, and it later gave rise to the biological term cell.
How CELLA is used
A specialized term used mainly in archaeology and the study of ancient architecture.
- Archaeologists uncovered the foundations of the temple cella.
- The statue of the goddess once stood inside the cella.
- Only priests were normally allowed to enter the cella.
- The cella was flanked by rows of tall stone columns.
- Visitors can still see traces of the original cella at the site.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CELLA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CELLA
20 longer words begin with CELLA.
Words ending in CELLA
10 words end in CELLA. Useful as a back hook: play CELLA onto a word already on the board.
Words with CELLA inside
Showing 24 of 69 words that contain CELLA somewhere in the middle. Words that start with CELLA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in CELLA
Common questions about CELLA
- Is CELLA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CELLA, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CELLA worth?
- CELLA is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CELLA mean?
- The Latin architectural term for a temple's windowless sanctuary room housing the cult image, and the root of the modern word cell.
- What letters can be added to CELLA?
- CELLA takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of CELLA:
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