SEMINOMAD is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. SEMINOMAD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SEMINOMAD?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SEMINOMAD is to know. It scores 14 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SEMINOMAD
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
seminomadsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SEMINOMAD scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in SEMINOMAD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| m | 2 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SEMINOMAD has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SEMINOMAD mean in Scrabble?
noun
A person who lives partly as a nomad, moving seasonally but also keeping a settled base for part of the year.
A seminomad might plant crops near a village in the wet months and then follow herds to new pastures in the dry season. Anthropologists use the term for peoples whose way of life falls between settled farming and constant travel.
How SEMINOMAD is used
Used in anthropology and history; also an adjective.
- The seminomad returned to the valley each winter.
- Many a seminomad kept goats and a small field of barley.
- The study followed a seminomad family across the steppe.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SEMINOMAD and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SEMINOMAD
2 longer words begin with SEMINOMAD.
Shorter words from the letters in SEMINOMAD
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Common questions about SEMINOMAD
- Is SEMINOMAD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SEMINOMAD, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SEMINOMAD worth?
- SEMINOMAD is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SEMINOMAD mean?
- A person who lives partly as a nomad, moving seasonally but also keeping a settled base for part of the year.
- What letters can be added to SEMINOMAD?
- SEMINOMAD takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of SEMINOMAD:
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