CERATOPSIAN is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. CERATOPSIAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CERATOPSIAN?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CERATOPSIAN is to know. It scores 15 from 11 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CERATOPSIAN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
ceratopsiansChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CERATOPSIAN scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in CERATOPSIAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CERATOPSIAN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CERATOPSIAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A plant-eating dinosaur of the Cretaceous with a beaked head, a bony frill and often horns on the face.
Triceratops is the best known ceratopsian, though the group also includes many smaller early species. These animals walked on four legs and fed on tough vegetation. Their fossils are found mainly in North America and Asia.
How CERATOPSIAN is used
Ceratopsian is a palaeontology term and can also serve as an adjective.
- The museum displays a full skeleton of a ceratopsian.
- Each ceratopsian had a bony frill behind its skull.
- Triceratops is the most famous ceratopsian of all.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CERATOPSIAN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CERATOPSIAN
1 longer words begin with CERATOPSIAN.
Shorter words from the letters in CERATOPSIAN
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Common questions about CERATOPSIAN
- Is CERATOPSIAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CERATOPSIAN, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CERATOPSIAN worth?
- CERATOPSIAN is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CERATOPSIAN mean?
- A plant-eating dinosaur of the Cretaceous with a beaked head, a bony frill and often horns on the face.
- What letters can be added to CERATOPSIAN?
- CERATOPSIAN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of CERATOPSIAN:
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