SEMIPUBLIC is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. SEMIPUBLIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 24 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SEMIPUBLIC?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SEMIPUBLIC is to know. It scores 18 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SEMIPUBLIC
No single letter turns SEMIPUBLIC into another word.
How SEMIPUBLIC scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in SEMIPUBLIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SEMIPUBLIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SEMIPUBLIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Partly open to the public, or shared with some outsiders but not everyone.
A semipublic place sits between a private home and a fully open street. Clubs, lobbies and members-only gardens are typical cases, and planners use the term when discussing access.
How SEMIPUBLIC is used
Used in planning, law and sociology for spaces or bodies with limited public access.
- The hotel lobby is a semipublic space open to guests and visitors.
- The semipublic garden admits residents and their friends.
- Researchers studied how people behave in semipublic settings.
- A semipublic body, it receives state money but answers to its members.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SEMIPUBLIC and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in SEMIPUBLIC
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Common questions about SEMIPUBLIC
- Is SEMIPUBLIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SEMIPUBLIC, where it scores 24 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SEMIPUBLIC worth?
- SEMIPUBLIC is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 24 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SEMIPUBLIC mean?
- Partly open to the public, or shared with some outsiders but not everyone.
- What letters can be added to SEMIPUBLIC?
- No single letter can be added to SEMIPUBLIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of SEMIPUBLIC:
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