CINGULUM is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. CINGULUM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CINGULUM?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CINGULUM is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CINGULUM
No single letter turns CINGULUM into another word.
How CINGULUM scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in CINGULUM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CINGULUM has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CINGULUM mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
A band-like or girdle-like structure in the body, such as a ridge on a tooth or a bundle of nerve fibres in the brain.
The Latin word means girdle. In dentistry the cingulum is the raised bump at the base of a tooth crown, while in neurology it refers to a fibre tract that arcs above the corpus callosum.
How CINGULUM is used
Anatomical term with several unrelated body sites.
- The dentist pointed to the cingulum on the incisor.
- A scan showed damage to the cingulum.
- The cingulum links parts of the limbic system.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CINGULUM and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CINGULUM
The 8 tiles of CINGULUM in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in CINGULUM
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Common questions about CINGULUM
- Is CINGULUM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CINGULUM, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CINGULUM worth?
- CINGULUM is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CINGULUM mean?
- A band-like or girdle-like structure in the body, such as a ridge on a tooth or a bundle of nerve fibres in the brain.
- What letters can be added to CINGULUM?
- No single letter can be added to CINGULUM to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of CINGULUM:
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