CORDILLERAN is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. CORDILLERAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CORDILLERAN?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CORDILLERAN is to know. It scores 14 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CORDILLERAN
No single letter turns CORDILLERAN into another word.
How CORDILLERAN scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in CORDILLERAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CORDILLERAN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CORDILLERAN mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Relating to a cordillera, a long system of parallel mountain ranges.
Geographers apply cordilleran to the great mountain belts of western North and South America. The word also appears in geology for rock and ice features of those ranges. The noun cordillera is Spanish for a mountain chain.
How CORDILLERAN is used
Used in geography and geology.
- The cordilleran region of the west is rich in minerals.
- Cordilleran glaciers once covered the high valleys.
- The geologist studied cordilleran rock formations.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CORDILLERAN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
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Common questions about CORDILLERAN
- Is CORDILLERAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CORDILLERAN, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CORDILLERAN worth?
- CORDILLERAN is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CORDILLERAN mean?
- Relating to a cordillera, a long system of parallel mountain ranges.
- What letters can be added to CORDILLERAN?
- No single letter can be added to CORDILLERAN to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of CORDILLERAN:
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