CNIDARIAN is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. CNIDARIAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CNIDARIAN?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CNIDARIAN is to know. It scores 12 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CNIDARIAN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cnidariansChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CNIDARIAN scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in CNIDARIAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CNIDARIAN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CNIDARIAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A water animal of the group that includes jellyfish, sea anemones, corals and hydras, armed with stinging cells.
Every cnidarian has a soft, radially symmetrical body with a single opening and tentacles. The stinging structures are what unite this varied group. Some live as fixed polyps and others drift as medusae.
How CNIDARIAN is used
Cnidarian is a scientific term in marine biology, and it also serves as an adjective in the same field.
- The jellyfish is a free-swimming cnidarian.
- Each cnidarian carries stinging cells on its tentacles.
- Corals are colonies of tiny cnidarian polyps.
- The biologist collected a small cnidarian from the tide pool.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CNIDARIAN and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CNIDARIAN
1 longer words begin with CNIDARIAN.
Shorter words from the letters in CNIDARIAN
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Common questions about CNIDARIAN
- Is CNIDARIAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CNIDARIAN, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CNIDARIAN worth?
- CNIDARIAN is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CNIDARIAN mean?
- A water animal of the group that includes jellyfish, sea anemones, corals and hydras, armed with stinging cells.
- What letters can be added to CNIDARIAN?
- CNIDARIAN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of CNIDARIAN:
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