FILICIDE is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. FILICIDE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FILICIDE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FILICIDE is to know. It scores 14 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FILICIDE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
filicidesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FILICIDE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in FILICIDE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| i | 3 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so FILICIDE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does FILICIDE mean in Scrabble?
noun
formal
The killing of one's own son or daughter, or a parent who commits such a killing.
Filicide is the counterpart of patricide and matricide, but with the roles reversed: the parent is the killer. Psychologists, lawyers and historians use the term, as does classical myth, where gods and kings kill their children.
How FILICIDE is used
A formal term from law, psychology and literature.
- The play ends with an act of filicide.
- Researchers studied the causes of filicide in national records.
- Greek myth is full of stories of filicide.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FILICIDE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FILICIDE
1 longer words begin with FILICIDE.
Shorter words from the letters in FILICIDE
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Common questions about FILICIDE
- Is FILICIDE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FILICIDE, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FILICIDE worth?
- FILICIDE is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FILICIDE mean?
- The killing of one's own son or daughter, or a parent who commits such a killing.
- What letters can be added to FILICIDE?
- FILICIDE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of FILICIDE:
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