SALSILLA is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. SALSILLA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SALSILLA?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SALSILLA is to know. It scores 8 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SALSILLA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
salsillasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SALSILLA scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in SALSILLA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 2 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| l | 3 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SALSILLA has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SALSILLA mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A tropical American climbing plant of the genus Bomarea, with showy flowers and edible roots.
The salsilla is a vine of warm parts of the Americas whose roots can be boiled and eaten like potatoes. Its umbels of small coloured flowers make salsilla easy to spot in the wild.
How SALSILLA is used
Salsilla is a botanical and regional name, found in plant lists and books on tropical vegetation.
- A salsilla climbed over the fence at the edge of the forest.
- Villagers boil the roots of the salsilla in place of potatoes.
- The pink and yellow flowers of the salsilla attract hummingbirds.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SALSILLA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SALSILLA
1 longer words begin with SALSILLA.
Shorter words from the letters in SALSILLA
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Common questions about SALSILLA
- Is SALSILLA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SALSILLA, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SALSILLA worth?
- SALSILLA is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SALSILLA mean?
- A tropical American climbing plant of the genus Bomarea, with showy flowers and edible roots.
- What letters can be added to SALSILLA?
- SALSILLA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of SALSILLA:
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