SCION is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. SCION is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SCION?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SCION is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SCION
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
scionsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SCION scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SCION, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 21,785.
What stands out about SCION
- The same 5 tiles also spell 4 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SCION mean in Scrabble?
noun
A young shoot or twig cut from a plant for grafting onto another, or by extension a descendant of a notable family.
In gardening, a scion is the piece cut from one plant and joined onto the rootstock of another, so that the two grow together as a single tree bearing the qualities of the original scion, a technique orchards have relied on for centuries to reproduce a favourite variety exactly. The same image of a shoot growing from an older stock carried the word into a completely different use, where a scion of a family or dynasty means a descendant, especially one expected to carry the family's name, wealth or reputation forward. This figurative sense usually appears in writing about wealthy or aristocratic families rather than in ordinary conversation about children in general. Both senses share the same underlying picture, a new growth that continues an established line, whether that line is a fruit tree or a family.
How SCION is used
The gardening sense is standard horticultural vocabulary; the family sense is more literary, usually describing a well-known or wealthy lineage.
- The gardener grafted a scion from the old apple tree onto new rootstock.
- Each scion was chosen for the flavour of the fruit it had once borne.
- He was widely known as the scion of a powerful banking family.
- The young scion inherited both the estate and its many debts.
- Nurseries keep careful records of which scion produced which variety.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SCION and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SCION
The 5 tiles of SCION in a different order — 4 found.
Words starting with SCION
1 longer words begin with SCION.
Words with SCION inside
8 words contain SCION in the middle. Words that start with SCION are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SCION
Common questions about SCION
- Is SCION valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SCION, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SCION worth?
- SCION is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SCION mean?
- A young shoot or twig cut from a plant for grafting onto another, or by extension a descendant of a notable family.
- What letters can be added to SCION?
- SCION takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SCION:
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