SILESIA is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. SILESIA 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 SILESIA?
| 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: 50 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SILESIA is to know. It scores 7 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SILESIA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
silesiasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SILESIA scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in SILESIA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 2 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 171,549.
What does SILESIA mean in Scrabble?
noun
A thin, twilled cotton or linen fabric, used chiefly for linings and named after the region where it was first made.
Tailors once used silesia to line coats and dresses because it was smooth and cheap. The cloth took its name from the central European region of the same name.
How SILESIA is used
Silesia as a fabric is a dated trade word; the same spelling also names the region in central Europe.
- The coat was lined with grey silesia.
- A bolt of silesia lay on the draper counter.
- She stitched a pocket of silesia inside the skirt.
- Old pattern books list silesia among the usual lining fabrics.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SILESIA and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SILESIA
The 7 tiles of SILESIA in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SILESIA
1 longer words begin with SILESIA.
Shorter words from the letters in SILESIA
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Common questions about SILESIA
- Is SILESIA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SILESIA, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SILESIA worth?
- SILESIA is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SILESIA mean?
- A thin, twilled cotton or linen fabric, used chiefly for linings and named after the region where it was first made.
- What letters can be added to SILESIA?
- SILESIA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of SILESIA:
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