SCILLA is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. SCILLA 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 SCILLA?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SCILLA is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SCILLA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
scillasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SCILLA scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SCILLA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 306,598.
What does SCILLA mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A small bulb-forming plant of the lily family with blue, bell-shaped or star-shaped spring flowers, known in English as the squill.
Gardeners plant scilla bulbs in autumn and see them carpet lawns and woodland edges early in spring. The flowers are most often a deep blue, though white and pink forms exist. The plant is native to Europe, Asia and Africa, and the name is Latin, giving the same plant its common English name squill.
How SCILLA is used
Used in gardening and botany; the Latin name is common in nursery catalogues.
- Blue scilla covered the grass beneath the old apple tree.
- She ordered fifty scilla bulbs from the nursery.
- Early bees visit the scilla before most other flowers open.
- A single scilla pushed through the last patch of snow.
- The border looked best when the scilla bloomed with the snowdrops.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SCILLA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SCILLA
The 6 tiles of SCILLA in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SCILLA
1 longer words begin with SCILLA.
Shorter words from the letters in SCILLA
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Common questions about SCILLA
- Is SCILLA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SCILLA, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SCILLA worth?
- SCILLA is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SCILLA mean?
- A small bulb-forming plant of the lily family with blue, bell-shaped or star-shaped spring flowers, known in English as the squill.
- What letters can be added to SCILLA?
- SCILLA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SCILLA:
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