SIDEREAL is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. SIDEREAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SIDEREAL?
| 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 SIDEREAL is to know. It scores 9 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SIDEREAL
No single letter turns SIDEREAL into another word.
How SIDEREAL scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in SIDEREAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SIDEREAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about SIDEREAL
- The same 8 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SIDEREAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Relating to the stars, or measured by the stars rather than by the sun.
A sidereal day is slightly shorter than a solar day because Earth also moves around the sun. Astronomers rely on sidereal time to find where a star will be in the sky.
How SIDEREAL is used
Astronomy term, often in phrases like sidereal day or sidereal time.
- A sidereal day lasts about 23 hours and 56 minutes.
- The telescope follows the sidereal motion of the stars.
- Observers set their clocks to sidereal time.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SIDEREAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SIDEREAL
The 8 tiles of SIDEREAL in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with SIDEREAL
1 longer words begin with SIDEREAL.
Shorter words from the letters in SIDEREAL
Showing 40 of 454. See all in the Word Finder
Common questions about SIDEREAL
- Is SIDEREAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SIDEREAL, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SIDEREAL worth?
- SIDEREAL is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SIDEREAL mean?
- Relating to the stars, or measured by the stars rather than by the sun.
- What letters can be added to SIDEREAL?
- No single letter can be added to SIDEREAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of SIDEREAL:
Open SIDEREAL in the Word Finder