CINERARIUM is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. CINERARIUM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CINERARIUM?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CINERARIUM is to know. It scores 14 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CINERARIUM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cinerariumsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CINERARIUM scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in CINERARIUM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CINERARIUM has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CINERARIUM mean in Scrabble?
noun
rare
A place or niche where the urns holding the ashes of the cremated dead are kept.
Ancient Romans built a cinerarium as part of a tomb, with rows of small recesses for urns. Modern cemeteries sometimes use the same idea for cremated remains, though they more often say columbarium.
How CINERARIUM is used
The word cinerarium is rare and mostly appears in archaeology or in descriptions of old burial sites.
- The excavated tomb contained a cinerarium with dozens of small niches.
- Each urn in the cinerarium bore the name of a family member.
- The garden cemetery has a quiet cinerarium beside the chapel.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CINERARIUM and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CINERARIUM
1 longer words begin with CINERARIUM.
Shorter words from the letters in CINERARIUM
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Common questions about CINERARIUM
- Is CINERARIUM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CINERARIUM, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CINERARIUM worth?
- CINERARIUM is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CINERARIUM mean?
- A place or niche where the urns holding the ashes of the cremated dead are kept.
- What letters can be added to CINERARIUM?
- CINERARIUM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of CINERARIUM:
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