SEMIVOWEL is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. SEMIVOWEL 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 SEMIVOWEL?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SEMIVOWEL is to know. It scores 17 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SEMIVOWEL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
semivowelsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SEMIVOWEL scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in SEMIVOWEL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SEMIVOWEL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SEMIVOWEL mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A speech sound that is vowel-like in production but works as a consonant, such as the w in "we" or the y in "yes".
A semivowel glides quickly into the following vowel instead of forming a syllable on its own. Linguists also use the term glide for a semivowel.
How SEMIVOWEL is used
Semivowel is a phonetics term used when describing how sounds are produced.
- The letter w often stands for a semivowel in English.
- In the word "yes" the first sound is a semivowel.
- The phonetics lecture compared a semivowel with a true vowel.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SEMIVOWEL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SEMIVOWEL
1 longer words begin with SEMIVOWEL.
Shorter words from the letters in SEMIVOWEL
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Common questions about SEMIVOWEL
- Is SEMIVOWEL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SEMIVOWEL, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SEMIVOWEL worth?
- SEMIVOWEL is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SEMIVOWEL mean?
- A speech sound that is vowel-like in production but works as a consonant, such as the w in "we" or the y in "yes".
- What letters can be added to SEMIVOWEL?
- SEMIVOWEL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of SEMIVOWEL:
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