SIBILANT is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. SIBILANT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SIBILANT?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SIBILANT is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SIBILANT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
sibilantsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SIBILANT scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in SIBILANT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SIBILANT has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SIBILANT mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Making a hissing sound, like the letters s, z, sh, and zh.
Linguists call s and sh sibilant consonants, while poets use the word for any hushing sound, such as wind or whispers. As a noun it names the speech sound itself.
How SIBILANT is used
Sibilant is used in phonetics and in descriptive writing about hissing sounds.
- The sibilant whisper of the snake made her freeze.
- English has several sibilant sounds, including s and z.
- A sibilant breath escaped between his teeth.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SIBILANT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SIBILANT
2 longer words begin with SIBILANT.
Shorter words from the letters in SIBILANT
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Common questions about SIBILANT
- Is SIBILANT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SIBILANT, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SIBILANT worth?
- SIBILANT is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SIBILANT mean?
- Making a hissing sound, like the letters s, z, sh, and zh.
- What letters can be added to SIBILANT?
- SIBILANT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of SIBILANT:
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