CONIUM is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. CONIUM 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 CONIUM?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CONIUM is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CONIUM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
coniumsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CONIUM scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in CONIUM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 172,461.
What stands out about CONIUM
- The same 6 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does CONIUM mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A small genus of poisonous plants that includes poison hemlock.
The name conium belongs to the genus of tall, white-flowered members of the carrot family, of which the best known species is the roadside weed called poison hemlock. Every part of these plants is toxic, and in ancient Greece an extract of them was used to carry out executions. Today the word appears mainly in botany and in the history of poisons.
How CONIUM is used
Mostly a scientific name; some older texts also use it for the drug made from the plant.
- The ditch was thick with conium, its stems blotched with purple.
- Conium looks much like wild carrot, which makes it dangerous to foragers.
- The herbal described conium as a deadly plant to be avoided.
- She learned to tell conium from cow parsley by the spotted stem.
- An extract of conium was once given to condemned prisoners.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CONIUM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CONIUM
The 6 tiles of CONIUM in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with CONIUM
1 longer words begin with CONIUM.
Shorter words from the letters in CONIUM
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Common questions about CONIUM
- Is CONIUM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CONIUM, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CONIUM worth?
- CONIUM is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CONIUM mean?
- A small genus of poisonous plants that includes poison hemlock.
- What letters can be added to CONIUM?
- CONIUM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of CONIUM:
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