CILIUM is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. CILIUM 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 CILIUM?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CILIUM is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CILIUM
No single letter turns CILIUM into another word.
How CILIUM scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in CILIUM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 517,384.
What does CILIUM mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A microscopic hairlike projection on the surface of a cell, or an eyelash.
Each cilium beats in a coordinated rhythm, and rows of them sweep mucus and dust along the airways or push single-celled creatures through water. In the plural, cilia, they are among the cell structures most often shown in biology lessons. The Latin word also means eyelid or eyelash, and that sense survives in the adjective ciliary and in some botanical and zoological descriptions of fringed edges.
How CILIUM is used
Biology term; the plural is cilia.
- A single cilium is far too small to see without a microscope.
- Each cilium on the lung lining sweeps debris upward.
- The paramecium moves by beating every cilium in turn.
- A damaged cilium can leave the airway poorly cleared.
- The textbook shows a cilium in cross-section.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CILIUM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in CILIUM
Common questions about CILIUM
- Is CILIUM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CILIUM, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CILIUM worth?
- CILIUM is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CILIUM mean?
- A microscopic hairlike projection on the surface of a cell, or an eyelash.
- What letters can be added to CILIUM?
- No single letter can be added to CILIUM to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of CILIUM:
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