SIALIDAN is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. SIALIDAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SIALIDAN?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SIALIDAN is to know. It scores 9 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SIALIDAN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
sialidansChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SIALIDAN scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in SIALIDAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SIALIDAN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SIALIDAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
An alderfly, a member of the insect family Sialidae.
A sialidan spends its larval stage in water and emerges as a dark, weak-flying adult near streams. Entomologists sometimes use sialidan for the whole group rather than a single species.
How SIALIDAN is used
A specialist term in insect biology; it can also work as an adjective.
- The sialidan rested on a leaf beside the creek.
- Larvae of the sialidan live among stones in the water.
- A single sialidan was caught in the net.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SIALIDAN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SIALIDAN
1 longer words begin with SIALIDAN.
Shorter words from the letters in SIALIDAN
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Common questions about SIALIDAN
- Is SIALIDAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SIALIDAN, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SIALIDAN worth?
- SIALIDAN is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SIALIDAN mean?
- An alderfly, a member of the insect family Sialidae.
- What letters can be added to SIALIDAN?
- SIALIDAN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of SIALIDAN:
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