CHIRONOMID is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. CHIRONOMID is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CHIRONOMID?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CHIRONOMID is to know. It scores 18 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CHIRONOMID
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
chironomidsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CHIRONOMID scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in CHIRONOMID, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CHIRONOMID has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CHIRONOMID mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A non-biting midge belonging to the family Chironomidae, a small fly whose larvae live in water.
Adult chironomids look like mosquitoes but have no piercing mouthparts. Their larvae are important food for fish, so anglers imitate them with small flies, and scientists use them as indicators of water quality.
How CHIRONOMID is used
Chironomid is a technical word used by entomologists, anglers and freshwater ecologists.
- Trout feed heavily on each chironomid that rises to the surface.
- The biologist counted chironomid larvae in the lake mud.
- A swarm of chironomid midges hung over the pond at dusk.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CHIRONOMID and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CHIRONOMID
1 longer words begin with CHIRONOMID.
Shorter words from the letters in CHIRONOMID
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Common questions about CHIRONOMID
- Is CHIRONOMID valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CHIRONOMID, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CHIRONOMID worth?
- CHIRONOMID is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CHIRONOMID mean?
- A non-biting midge belonging to the family Chironomidae, a small fly whose larvae live in water.
- What letters can be added to CHIRONOMID?
- CHIRONOMID takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of CHIRONOMID:
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