COUNCILMAN is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. COUNCILMAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 23 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COUNCILMAN?
| 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 COUNCILMAN is to know. It scores 16 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COUNCILMAN
No single letter turns COUNCILMAN into another word.
How COUNCILMAN scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in COUNCILMAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so COUNCILMAN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does COUNCILMAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
A man who sits as a member of a town, city or other governing council.
A councilman is elected or appointed to debate and vote on local matters such as budgets, roads and zoning. The word is gendered, so many places now prefer the neutral term councillor or council member.
How COUNCILMAN is used
Councilman is common in American local-government news, where it usually comes before a surname.
- The councilman proposed a new bus route.
- Our councilman held a meeting at the library.
- He served as a councilman for twelve years.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COUNCILMAN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with COUNCILMAN
1 longer words begin with COUNCILMAN.
Shorter words from the letters in COUNCILMAN
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Common questions about COUNCILMAN
- Is COUNCILMAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COUNCILMAN, where it scores 23 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COUNCILMAN worth?
- COUNCILMAN is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COUNCILMAN mean?
- A man who sits as a member of a town, city or other governing council.
- What letters can be added to COUNCILMAN?
- No single letter can be added to COUNCILMAN to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of COUNCILMAN:
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