ILLUVIUM is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. ILLUVIUM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ILLUVIUM?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ILLUVIUM is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ILLUVIUM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
illuviumsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ILLUVIUM scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ILLUVIUM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 2 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ILLUVIUM has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ILLUVIUM mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
In soil science, the fine clay, iron or humus that has been carried down by water and has built up in a deeper horizon.
Soil scientists find illuvium in the lower horizon, where rainwater has dropped clay, iron or mineral salts it carried down. The process of deposition is called illuviation and is the mirror image of leaching from the layer above.
How ILLUVIUM is used
Used in soil science and geology.
- The illuvium formed a dense layer below the topsoil.
- Clay accumulated as illuvium in the deeper horizon.
- Scientists sampled the illuvium to study the soil history.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ILLUVIUM and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ILLUVIUM
1 longer words begin with ILLUVIUM.
Shorter words from the letters in ILLUVIUM
Common questions about ILLUVIUM
- Is ILLUVIUM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ILLUVIUM, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ILLUVIUM worth?
- ILLUVIUM is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ILLUVIUM mean?
- In soil science, the fine clay, iron or humus that has been carried down by water and has built up in a deeper horizon.
- What letters can be added to ILLUVIUM?
- ILLUVIUM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ILLUVIUM:
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