LAPIDARIAN is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. LAPIDARIAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LAPIDARIAN?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LAPIDARIAN is to know. It scores 13 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LAPIDARIAN
No single letter turns LAPIDARIAN into another word.
How LAPIDARIAN scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in LAPIDARIAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 3 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so LAPIDARIAN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does LAPIDARIAN mean in Scrabble?
adjective
formal
Relating to the cutting or engraving of stones, or having the polished precision of carved stone.
Lapidarian goes back to the Latin for stone. Writers apply it to a style so refined and compact that it seems chiselled, like an inscription. It can also name the stone cutter or the art itself.
How LAPIDARIAN is used
Literary; used for terse, elegant prose or for gem cutting.
- The poem has a lapidarian clarity that stays in memory.
- He studied lapidarian techniques for engraving gems.
- A lapidarian phrase was carved over the doorway.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LAPIDARIAN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in LAPIDARIAN
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Common questions about LAPIDARIAN
- Is LAPIDARIAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LAPIDARIAN, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LAPIDARIAN worth?
- LAPIDARIAN is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LAPIDARIAN mean?
- Relating to the cutting or engraving of stones, or having the polished precision of carved stone.
- What letters can be added to LAPIDARIAN?
- No single letter can be added to LAPIDARIAN to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of LAPIDARIAN:
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