SEMIPRIVATE is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. SEMIPRIVATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SEMIPRIVATE?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SEMIPRIVATE is to know. It scores 18 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SEMIPRIVATE
No single letter turns SEMIPRIVATE into another word.
How SEMIPRIVATE scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in SEMIPRIVATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SEMIPRIVATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SEMIPRIVATE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
North American
Partly private, such as a hospital room shared by only a few patients rather than a whole ward.
In American hospitals a semiprivate room usually holds two beds, which costs less than a room to yourself. Outside medicine the word is used for spaces that are open to a limited group. The privacy it offers is real but incomplete.
How SEMIPRIVATE is used
Semiprivate is most familiar from hospital billing and from descriptions of limited-access spaces.
- Insurance covered a semiprivate room but not a single one.
- The club has a semiprivate beach open only to residents and guests.
- They shared a semiprivate ward with one other patient.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SEMIPRIVATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SEMIPRIVATE
The 11 tiles of SEMIPRIVATE in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in SEMIPRIVATE
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Common questions about SEMIPRIVATE
- Is SEMIPRIVATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SEMIPRIVATE, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SEMIPRIVATE worth?
- SEMIPRIVATE is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SEMIPRIVATE mean?
- Partly private, such as a hospital room shared by only a few patients rather than a whole ward.
- What letters can be added to SEMIPRIVATE?
- No single letter can be added to SEMIPRIVATE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of SEMIPRIVATE:
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