DICHASIUM is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. DICHASIUM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DICHASIUM?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DICHASIUM is to know. It scores 17 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DICHASIUM
No single letter turns DICHASIUM into another word.
How DICHASIUM scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in DICHASIUM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DICHASIUM has to be built on the board across turns.
What does DICHASIUM mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A flower cluster in which each stem ends in a flower and gives off two side branches below it.
A dichasium is a type of cyme, the kind of cluster seen in chickweed and stitchwort. The branching repeats in pairs, so the whole cluster looks like a series of forks. Botanists use the word dichasium when classifying flower arrangements.
How DICHASIUM is used
Dichasium is a technical term from plant morphology.
- The campion bears its flowers in a dichasium.
- Each dichasium forks twice before the buds open.
- The diagram shows a simple dichasium.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DICHASIUM and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in DICHASIUM
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Common questions about DICHASIUM
- Is DICHASIUM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DICHASIUM, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DICHASIUM worth?
- DICHASIUM is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DICHASIUM mean?
- A flower cluster in which each stem ends in a flower and gives off two side branches below it.
- What letters can be added to DICHASIUM?
- No single letter can be added to DICHASIUM to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of DICHASIUM:
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