CIRRIPED is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. CIRRIPED is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CIRRIPED?
| 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: 46 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CIRRIPED is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CIRRIPED
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CIRRIPED scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in CIRRIPED, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CIRRIPED has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CIRRIPED mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A marine crustacean such as a barnacle that attaches itself to a surface as an adult.
Cirripeds start life as free-swimming larvae, then glue themselves to rocks, boats or whales and grow a hard shell. Darwin spent years studying them. Their feathery limbs sweep food from the water.
How CIRRIPED is used
Zoological term, less common than "barnacle".
- A cirriped clung to the hull of the ship.
- The cirriped filters food with its feathery legs.
- Darwin wrote at length about each cirriped.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CIRRIPED and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CIRRIPED
3 longer words begin with CIRRIPED.
Shorter words from the letters in CIRRIPED
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Common questions about CIRRIPED
- Is CIRRIPED valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CIRRIPED, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CIRRIPED worth?
- CIRRIPED is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CIRRIPED mean?
- A marine crustacean such as a barnacle that attaches itself to a surface as an adult.
- What letters can be added to CIRRIPED?
- CIRRIPED takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of CIRRIPED:
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