SEDILIUM is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. SEDILIUM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SEDILIUM?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SEDILIUM is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SEDILIUM
No single letter turns SEDILIUM into another word.
How SEDILIUM scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in SEDILIUM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SEDILIUM has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SEDILIUM mean in Scrabble?
noun
rare
A seat for the officiating clergy in a church; also a seat in a row in an ancient Roman amphitheatre.
The sedilium is a Latin-derived term met mostly in church architecture and classical studies. Writers more often use the shorter form sedile, but sedilium names the same kind of seat.
How SEDILIUM is used
Sedilium appears in writing on church interiors or Roman theatres, seldom in everyday speech.
- The priest took his place on the carved stone sedilium beside the altar.
- Each sedilium in the amphitheatre was worn smooth by centuries of weather.
- A guide pointed out the sedilium set into the south wall of the chancel.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SEDILIUM and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in SEDILIUM
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Common questions about SEDILIUM
- Is SEDILIUM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SEDILIUM, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SEDILIUM worth?
- SEDILIUM is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SEDILIUM mean?
- A seat for the officiating clergy in a church; also a seat in a row in an ancient Roman amphitheatre.
- What letters can be added to SEDILIUM?
- No single letter can be added to SEDILIUM to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of SEDILIUM:
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