CONGIUS is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. CONGIUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CONGIUS?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CONGIUS is to know. It scores 10 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CONGIUS
No single letter turns CONGIUS into another word.
How CONGIUS scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in CONGIUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 385,985.
What does CONGIUS mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
An ancient Roman unit for measuring liquids, equal to about one gallon.
The congius was a handy size for wine and oil in Roman trade, being one eighth of the larger amphora. Later writers borrowed the name for a British gallon measure, which is how the word survives in old pharmacy records.
How CONGIUS is used
Congius turns up mostly in histories of ancient measures and in older medical texts.
- A merchant poured one congius of olive oil into the buyer's jar.
- Eight of the congius made up a full amphora of wine.
- The old recipe asked for a congius of water, roughly a gallon.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CONGIUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CONGIUS
The 7 tiles of CONGIUS in a different order — 1 found.
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Common questions about CONGIUS
- Is CONGIUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CONGIUS, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CONGIUS worth?
- CONGIUS is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CONGIUS mean?
- An ancient Roman unit for measuring liquids, equal to about one gallon.
- What letters can be added to CONGIUS?
- No single letter can be added to CONGIUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of CONGIUS:
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