CLITELLUM is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. CLITELLUM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CLITELLUM?
| 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: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CLITELLUM is to know. It scores 13 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CLITELLUM
No single letter turns CLITELLUM into another word.
How CLITELLUM scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in CLITELLUM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| l | 3 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CLITELLUM has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CLITELLUM mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoologytechnical
The thickened, saddle-like band of glandular skin on an earthworm or leech that forms the egg cocoon.
You can spot the clitellum on a mature earthworm as a paler or smoother ring a third of the way along the body. Young worms lack it, so its presence tells a biologist the animal is ready to breed.
How CLITELLUM is used
Found in biology textbooks describing annelid worms; the plural is clitella.
- The clitellum of the earthworm looked like a pale swollen ring.
- Students found the clitellum behind the first third of the worm.
- A worm without a clitellum is not yet sexually mature.
- The clitellum secretes the cocoon that holds the eggs.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CLITELLUM and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CLITELLUM
The 9 tiles of CLITELLUM in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in CLITELLUM
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Common questions about CLITELLUM
- Is CLITELLUM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CLITELLUM, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CLITELLUM worth?
- CLITELLUM is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CLITELLUM mean?
- The thickened, saddle-like band of glandular skin on an earthworm or leech that forms the egg cocoon.
- What letters can be added to CLITELLUM?
- No single letter can be added to CLITELLUM to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of CLITELLUM:
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