EXORDIUM is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. EXORDIUM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept EXORDIUM?
| 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: 47 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EXORDIUM is to know. It scores 18 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EXORDIUM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
exordiumsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How EXORDIUM scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in EXORDIUM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so EXORDIUM has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about EXORDIUM
- All 8 letters of EXORDIUM are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does EXORDIUM mean in Scrabble?
noun
formal
The opening part of a speech or written work, which prepares the audience for what follows.
In classical rhetoric the exordium is the first of the parts of an oration, meant to win attention and goodwill. Today the word is used more loosely for any formal introduction. Its plural is exordiums or exordia.
How EXORDIUM is used
Exordium is a literary and rhetorical word, used when discussing how speeches and essays begin.
- The speaker's exordium was short and won the crowd at once.
- Cicero wrote a famous exordium for that oration.
- The essay's exordium sets out the question before any argument begins.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EXORDIUM and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with EXORDIUM
1 longer words begin with EXORDIUM.
Shorter words from the letters in EXORDIUM
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Common questions about EXORDIUM
- Is EXORDIUM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EXORDIUM, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EXORDIUM worth?
- EXORDIUM is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EXORDIUM mean?
- The opening part of a speech or written work, which prepares the audience for what follows.
- What letters can be added to EXORDIUM?
- EXORDIUM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of EXORDIUM:
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