SESSILE is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. SESSILE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SESSILE?
| 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: 46 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SESSILE is to know. It scores 7 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SESSILE
No single letter turns SESSILE into another word.
How SESSILE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in SESSILE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 3 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,684 thousand.
What does SESSILE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Attached directly by the base, without a stalk, or fixed in one place and unable to move about.
Biologists use sessile for two kinds of things: leaves or flowers that sit straight on a stem, and animals such as barnacles that stay glued to a rock for life. The opposite idea is a stalked or free-moving form.
How SESSILE is used
Sessile is a technical word of botany and marine biology, rarely heard in everyday talk.
- The sessile leaves of this plant clasp the stem with no visible stalk.
- Barnacles are sessile once they settle on a pier piling.
- A sessile flower looks as if it were stuck onto the branch.
- Sponges are sessile animals that filter the water around them.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SESSILE and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SESSILE
The 7 tiles of SESSILE in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in SESSILE
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Common questions about SESSILE
- Is SESSILE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SESSILE, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SESSILE worth?
- SESSILE is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SESSILE mean?
- Attached directly by the base, without a stalk, or fixed in one place and unable to move about.
- What letters can be added to SESSILE?
- No single letter can be added to SESSILE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of SESSILE:
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