SELADANG is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. SELADANG is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SELADANG?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SELADANG is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SELADANG
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
seladangsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SELADANG scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in SELADANG, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SELADANG has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SELADANG mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A large wild ox of Southeast Asia with a massive build and curved horns.
The seladang is a gaur, one of the biggest wild cattle on earth, and it lives in forests of the Malay Peninsula. Hunters and naturalists wrote about it often in colonial accounts.
How SELADANG is used
Seladang is the Malay-derived name used in zoology and travel writing.
- A seladang stood motionless at the edge of the clearing.
- The tracker found fresh prints of a seladang.
- Each seladang can weigh over a ton.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SELADANG and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SELADANG
1 longer words begin with SELADANG.
Shorter words from the letters in SELADANG
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Common questions about SELADANG
- Is SELADANG valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SELADANG, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SELADANG worth?
- SELADANG is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SELADANG mean?
- A large wild ox of Southeast Asia with a massive build and curved horns.
- What letters can be added to SELADANG?
- SELADANG takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of SELADANG:
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