Is CICHLID valid in Words with Friends?

Yes. Words with Friends accepts CICHLID, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.

How many points is CICHLID worth?

CICHLID is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.

What letters can be added to CICHLID?

CICHLID takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.

CICHLID is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points

Yes. CICHLID is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.

c3i1c3h4l1i1d2

PlayableCICHLID · 7 letters · 15 pts Scrabble · 17 pts WWF

15points in Scrabble

17points in Words with Friends

7letters

1hook available

1 in 13,895 thousandodds of drawing this rack

Which word lists accept CICHLID?

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: 53 / 100

53WORD POWER

Points per tile 35%

2.14

Hooks 25%

Bingo potential 20%

full rack

Tile availability 20%

4.57%

Our own measure of how useful CICHLID is to know. It scores 15 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated

Hooks for CICHLID

Front hooks — 0

None.

Back hooks — 1

cichlids16

Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.

How CICHLID scores

Scrabble c3i1c3h4l1i1d2 15

Words with Friends c4i1c4h3l2i1d2 17

Face value of the 7 tiles in CICHLID, before any board multiplier.

Tiles you need

Letter	Needed	In the bag
c	2	2
i	2	9
h	1	2
l	1	4
d	1	4

Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 13,895 thousand.

Words starting with CICHLID

cichlids16 cichlidae17

2 longer words begin with CICHLID.

Shorter words from the letters in CICHLID

child11 chili10 lichi10 chic11 chid10 dich10 lich9 hild8 hili7 idli5 chi8 hic8 ich8 hid7 cid6 lid4 ch7 hi5 di3 id3 li2

Common questions about CICHLID

Is CICHLID valid in Words with Friends?: Yes. Words with Friends accepts CICHLID, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
How many points is CICHLID worth?: CICHLID is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
What letters can be added to CICHLID?: CICHLID takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.

Every word you can build from the 7 letters of CICHLID:

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