SAURISCHIAN is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. SAURISCHIAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SAURISCHIAN?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SAURISCHIAN is to know. It scores 16 from 11 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SAURISCHIAN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
saurischiansChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SAURISCHIAN scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in SAURISCHIAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 2 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SAURISCHIAN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SAURISCHIAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A dinosaur of the group distinguished by a lizard-like arrangement of the hip bones.
The saurischian group includes both the long-necked plant eaters and the meat-eating theropods, which is why it is surprising that birds descend from it. Its counterpart is the ornithischian group, whose hips resemble those of birds.
How SAURISCHIAN is used
Used in palaeontology; a saurischian can be a giant sauropod or a small predator, and the word also works as an adjective.
- Tyrannosaurus was a saurischian, even though it walked on two legs.
- The museum labelled each skeleton as saurischian or ornithischian.
- Every long-necked sauropod counts as a saurischian.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SAURISCHIAN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SAURISCHIAN
1 longer words begin with SAURISCHIAN.
Shorter words from the letters in SAURISCHIAN
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Common questions about SAURISCHIAN
- Is SAURISCHIAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SAURISCHIAN, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SAURISCHIAN worth?
- SAURISCHIAN is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SAURISCHIAN mean?
- A dinosaur of the group distinguished by a lizard-like arrangement of the hip bones.
- What letters can be added to SAURISCHIAN?
- SAURISCHIAN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of SAURISCHIAN:
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