CHILIAD is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. CHILIAD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CHILIAD?
| 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: 53 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CHILIAD is to know. It scores 13 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CHILIAD
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
chiliadsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CHILIAD scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in CHILIAD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 771,970.
What does CHILIAD mean in Scrabble?
noun
rare
A group of one thousand things, or a period of one thousand years.
Chiliad is a learned word that comes from Greek, and it is far less common than the plain word thousand. It is related to the idea of a millennium, which names the same span of years. Most readers will only see chiliad in older or scholarly prose.
How CHILIAD is used
Writers use chiliad when they want a formal or old-fashioned way to speak of a thousand.
- The prophecy was said to cover a full chiliad of peace.
- He counted the soldiers by the chiliad rather than by the hundred.
- Each chiliad of the long calendar was marked with a festival.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CHILIAD and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CHILIAD
3 longer words begin with CHILIAD.
Shorter words from the letters in CHILIAD
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Common questions about CHILIAD
- Is CHILIAD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CHILIAD, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CHILIAD worth?
- CHILIAD is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CHILIAD mean?
- A group of one thousand things, or a period of one thousand years.
- What letters can be added to CHILIAD?
- CHILIAD takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of CHILIAD:
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