CIRCULATION is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. CIRCULATION is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CIRCULATION?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CIRCULATION is to know. It scores 15 from 11 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CIRCULATION
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
circulationsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CIRCULATION scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in CIRCULATION, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CIRCULATION has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CIRCULATION mean in Scrabble?
noun
Movement around a closed system or path, such as blood through the body, or the spread of money or copies of a publication.
Good circulation keeps blood, warm air or water moving where it is needed. A newspaper reports its circulation as the number of copies it sells. Coins and notes are said to be in circulation when people are using them.
How CIRCULATION is used
Circulation is used in medicine, publishing, finance and everyday speech.
- Cold hands can be a sign of poor circulation.
- The newspaper has a daily circulation of two hundred thousand.
- The old coins were taken out of circulation.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CIRCULATION and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CIRCULATION
1 longer words begin with CIRCULATION.
Shorter words from the letters in CIRCULATION
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Common questions about CIRCULATION
- Is CIRCULATION valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CIRCULATION, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CIRCULATION worth?
- CIRCULATION is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CIRCULATION mean?
- Movement around a closed system or path, such as blood through the body, or the spread of money or copies of a publication.
- What letters can be added to CIRCULATION?
- CIRCULATION takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of CIRCULATION:
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