CERULEAN is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. CERULEAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CERULEAN?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CERULEAN is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CERULEAN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
ceruleansChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CERULEAN scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in CERULEAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CERULEAN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CERULEAN mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Deep blue in colour, like a clear sky.
Cerulean is a bright, slightly greenish sky blue, and designers and painters use it as a named shade. It can also be a noun for the colour itself, and a variant spelling is caerulean.
How CERULEAN is used
Cerulean is common in descriptions of skies, seas and paint colours.
- A cerulean sky stretched over the harbour.
- She painted the door a bright cerulean.
- The cerulean water was clear to the bottom.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CERULEAN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CERULEAN
1 longer words begin with CERULEAN.
Shorter words from the letters in CERULEAN
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Common questions about CERULEAN
- Is CERULEAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CERULEAN, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CERULEAN worth?
- CERULEAN is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CERULEAN mean?
- Deep blue in colour, like a clear sky.
- What letters can be added to CERULEAN?
- CERULEAN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of CERULEAN:
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