CULICINE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. CULICINE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CULICINE?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CULICINE is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CULICINE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
culicinesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CULICINE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in CULICINE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CULICINE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CULICINE mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A mosquito belonging to the group that includes Culex, as opposed to the malaria-carrying Anopheles.
Entomologists separate the culicine mosquitoes from the anophelines, partly by the way the adults rest and the larvae feed. Many culicine species bite at dusk and carry viruses.
How CULICINE is used
Used by biologists when sorting mosquitoes into major groups.
- The marsh was thick with culicine larvae.
- A culicine can be told from other mosquitoes by its resting posture.
- Researchers trapped every culicine in the village.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CULICINE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CULICINE
1 longer words begin with CULICINE.
Shorter words from the letters in CULICINE
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Common questions about CULICINE
- Is CULICINE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CULICINE, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CULICINE worth?
- CULICINE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CULICINE mean?
- A mosquito belonging to the group that includes Culex, as opposed to the malaria-carrying Anopheles.
- What letters can be added to CULICINE?
- CULICINE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of CULICINE:
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