SEMICOLONY is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. SEMICOLONY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SEMICOLONY?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SEMICOLONY is to know. It scores 17 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SEMICOLONY
No single letter turns SEMICOLONY into another word.
How SEMICOLONY scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in SEMICOLONY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SEMICOLONY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SEMICOLONY mean in Scrabble?
noun
rare
A territory that is only partly a colony, being under limited control by another country.
A semicolony sits between full independence and full colonial rule. Historians use the word when a country keeps its own flag but must obey a foreign power in key matters.
How SEMICOLONY is used
Semicolony turns up mostly in political and historical writing.
- The region was a semicolony of the neighbouring empire.
- Some scholars call the treaty port a semicolony.
- Being a semicolony meant paying tribute without being annexed.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SEMICOLONY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in SEMICOLONY
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Common questions about SEMICOLONY
- Is SEMICOLONY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SEMICOLONY, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SEMICOLONY worth?
- SEMICOLONY is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SEMICOLONY mean?
- A territory that is only partly a colony, being under limited control by another country.
- What letters can be added to SEMICOLONY?
- No single letter can be added to SEMICOLONY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of SEMICOLONY:
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