DILUVIUM is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. DILUVIUM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DILUVIUM?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DILUVIUM is to know. It scores 14 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DILUVIUM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
diluviumsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DILUVIUM scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in DILUVIUM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DILUVIUM has to be built on the board across turns.
What does DILUVIUM mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A coarse deposit of loam, sand and gravel once thought to have been laid down by a great flood, now seen as glacial drift.
Early geologists linked diluvium to the biblical flood, hence the name from the Latin for deluge. Modern science sees such layers as the work of glaciers and meltwater, and the term has largely gone out of use.
How DILUVIUM is used
A dated geological term, found in nineteenth-century science writing.
- The quarry exposed a thick layer of diluvium.
- Victorian geologists wrote at length about diluvium.
- The field sits on diluvium left behind by ice.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DILUVIUM and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DILUVIUM
1 longer words begin with DILUVIUM.
Shorter words from the letters in DILUVIUM
Common questions about DILUVIUM
- Is DILUVIUM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DILUVIUM, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DILUVIUM worth?
- DILUVIUM is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DILUVIUM mean?
- A coarse deposit of loam, sand and gravel once thought to have been laid down by a great flood, now seen as glacial drift.
- What letters can be added to DILUVIUM?
- DILUVIUM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of DILUVIUM:
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