GUILLEMOT is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. GUILLEMOT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GUILLEMOT?
| 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 GUILLEMOT is to know. It scores 12 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GUILLEMOT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
guillemotsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GUILLEMOT scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in GUILLEMOT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so GUILLEMOT has to be built on the board across turns.
What does GUILLEMOT mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A black-and-white northern sea bird of the auk family with a narrow pointed bill, nesting on sea cliffs.
The guillemot dives deep for fish and uses its wings to swim underwater. Colonies pack onto bare cliff ledges, and each female lays a single pointed egg that rolls in a circle rather than off the edge.
How GUILLEMOT is used
The word guillemot is mostly used by bird watchers and in nature writing about northern coasts.
- A guillemot bobbed on the grey waves near the rocks.
- Thousands of guillemot chicks leap from the cliffs each summer.
- We spotted a guillemot with a fish in its bill.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GUILLEMOT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GUILLEMOT
1 longer words begin with GUILLEMOT.
Shorter words from the letters in GUILLEMOT
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Common questions about GUILLEMOT
- Is GUILLEMOT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GUILLEMOT, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GUILLEMOT worth?
- GUILLEMOT is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GUILLEMOT mean?
- A black-and-white northern sea bird of the auk family with a narrow pointed bill, nesting on sea cliffs.
- What letters can be added to GUILLEMOT?
- GUILLEMOT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of GUILLEMOT:
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