ILIUM is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. ILIUM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ILIUM?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ILIUM is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ILIUM
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How ILIUM scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ILIUM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 65,354.
What does ILIUM mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
The largest and uppermost of the three bones that fuse together to form each half of the pelvis.
The ilium forms the broad, flared top of the hip bone that a person can feel just below the waist, and it joins the pubis and ischium lower down to complete the pelvis on each side. Because the ilium anchors several major muscles used in standing and walking, injuries or fractures to it can seriously affect movement. In anatomy the paired bones are named the right ilium and the left ilium, and the word is used only in this skeletal sense in medical writing.
How ILIUM is used
A standard anatomical term, used in medicine and biology to name this specific pelvic bone.
- The ilium forms the wide upper portion of the hip bone.
- Doctors examined the ilium for signs of a stress fracture.
- Powerful muscles attach along the outer surface of the ilium.
- The scan revealed a small crack in the left ilium.
- Students located the ilium on the skeletal model during class.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ILIUM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words ending in ILIUM
4 words end in ILIUM. Useful as a back hook: play ILIUM onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in ILIUM
Common questions about ILIUM
- Is ILIUM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ILIUM, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ILIUM worth?
- ILIUM is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ILIUM mean?
- The largest and uppermost of the three bones that fuse together to form each half of the pelvis.
- What letters can be added to ILIUM?
- ILIUM takes 2 hooks: 2 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ILIUM:
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