CROCODILIAN is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. CROCODILIAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CROCODILIAN?
| 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 CROCODILIAN is to know. It scores 16 from 11 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CROCODILIAN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
crocodiliansChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CROCODILIAN scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in CROCODILIAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CROCODILIAN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CROCODILIAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
Any large reptile of the group that includes crocodiles, alligators, caimans and gharials.
Biologists use crocodilian as a single label for the whole group, since the animals share long jaws, short legs and a powerful tail. The same word works as an adjective meaning of or like a crocodile.
How CROCODILIAN is used
Crocodilian is used in zoology and nature writing when the speaker means the whole group, not one species.
- Every crocodilian lays eggs on land, even though it spends most of its life in water.
- The gharial is a narrow-snouted crocodilian of South Asia.
- The exhibit hall held a skeleton of an extinct crocodilian.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CROCODILIAN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CROCODILIAN
1 longer words begin with CROCODILIAN.
Shorter words from the letters in CROCODILIAN
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Common questions about CROCODILIAN
- Is CROCODILIAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CROCODILIAN, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CROCODILIAN worth?
- CROCODILIAN is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CROCODILIAN mean?
- Any large reptile of the group that includes crocodiles, alligators, caimans and gharials.
- What letters can be added to CROCODILIAN?
- CROCODILIAN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of CROCODILIAN:
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