SEMIDIURNAL is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. SEMIDIURNAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SEMIDIURNAL?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SEMIDIURNAL is to know. It scores 14 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SEMIDIURNAL
No single letter turns SEMIDIURNAL into another word.
How SEMIDIURNAL scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in SEMIDIURNAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SEMIDIURNAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SEMIDIURNAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Occurring twice a day, or about every twelve hours.
Semidiurnal tides rise and fall twice each lunar day, giving two highs and two lows. The term is used in oceanography and astronomy for any cycle that repeats about every half day.
How SEMIDIURNAL is used
Mostly found in tide tables and science textbooks.
- Most Atlantic coasts have semidiurnal tides.
- The instrument recorded a semidiurnal pressure change.
- Semidiurnal cycles repeat roughly every twelve hours.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SEMIDIURNAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
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Common questions about SEMIDIURNAL
- Is SEMIDIURNAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SEMIDIURNAL, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SEMIDIURNAL worth?
- SEMIDIURNAL is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SEMIDIURNAL mean?
- Occurring twice a day, or about every twelve hours.
- What letters can be added to SEMIDIURNAL?
- No single letter can be added to SEMIDIURNAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of SEMIDIURNAL:
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