SERICEOUS is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. SERICEOUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SERICEOUS?
| 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 SERICEOUS is to know. It scores 11 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SERICEOUS
No single letter turns SERICEOUS into another word.
How SERICEOUS scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in SERICEOUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 2 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SERICEOUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about SERICEOUS
- SERICEOUS runs three vowels in a row, which almost no English word does.
- SERICEOUS begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SERICEOUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
botany
Covered with fine, soft, silky hairs lying flat against the surface.
Botanists call a leaf sericeous when it shines faintly because of its close silky hairs. The word helps tell similar plants apart in field guides.
How SERICEOUS is used
A botany term for silky-haired leaves and stems.
- The sericeous leaves shone silver in the sun.
- A sericeous coat of hairs covers the young shoots.
- The species is easy to spot by its sericeous undersides.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SERICEOUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in SERICEOUS
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Common questions about SERICEOUS
- Is SERICEOUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SERICEOUS, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SERICEOUS worth?
- SERICEOUS is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SERICEOUS mean?
- Covered with fine, soft, silky hairs lying flat against the surface.
- What letters can be added to SERICEOUS?
- No single letter can be added to SERICEOUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of SERICEOUS:
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