PARAMECIUM is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. PARAMECIUM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 23 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PARAMECIUM?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PARAMECIUM is to know. It scores 18 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PARAMECIUM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
parameciumsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PARAMECIUM scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in PARAMECIUM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| m | 2 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PARAMECIUM has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PARAMECIUM mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A single-celled freshwater organism shaped like a slipper and covered with tiny hairs called cilia.
A paramecium swims by beating its cilia in waves and feeds on bacteria swept into a groove on its body. Biology classes often use it as a standard example of a one-celled animal-like organism.
How PARAMECIUM is used
Used in biology teaching and microscopy.
- Under the microscope the paramecium darted across the slide.
- A paramecium moves by the beating of thousands of cilia.
- Students sketched a paramecium from a drop of pond water.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PARAMECIUM and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PARAMECIUM
1 longer words begin with PARAMECIUM.
Shorter words from the letters in PARAMECIUM
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Common questions about PARAMECIUM
- Is PARAMECIUM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PARAMECIUM, where it scores 23 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PARAMECIUM worth?
- PARAMECIUM is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PARAMECIUM mean?
- A single-celled freshwater organism shaped like a slipper and covered with tiny hairs called cilia.
- What letters can be added to PARAMECIUM?
- PARAMECIUM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of PARAMECIUM:
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