GUAIACUM is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. GUAIACUM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GUAIACUM?
| 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 GUAIACUM is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GUAIACUM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
guaiacumsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GUAIACUM scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in GUAIACUM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so GUAIACUM has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about GUAIACUM
- GUAIACUM runs three vowels in a row, which almost no English word does.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does GUAIACUM mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A tropical American evergreen tree with very hard wood, or the medicinal resin taken from it.
Guaiacum wood is so dense that it sinks in water, and it was once prized for ship bearings. The resin was long used in medicine before newer remedies replaced it.
How GUAIACUM is used
The noun guaiacum is used in botany and in the history of medicine.
- The guaiacum tree grows slowly in the Caribbean.
- Doctors once prescribed guaiacum resin for joint pain.
- A block of guaiacum is heavier than most timber.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GUAIACUM and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GUAIACUM
1 longer words begin with GUAIACUM.
Shorter words from the letters in GUAIACUM
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Common questions about GUAIACUM
- Is GUAIACUM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GUAIACUM, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GUAIACUM worth?
- GUAIACUM is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GUAIACUM mean?
- A tropical American evergreen tree with very hard wood, or the medicinal resin taken from it.
- What letters can be added to GUAIACUM?
- GUAIACUM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of GUAIACUM:
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