SILICIUM is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. SILICIUM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SILICIUM?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SILICIUM is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SILICIUM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
siliciumsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SILICIUM scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in SILICIUM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| i | 3 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SILICIUM has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SILICIUM mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaic
An old name for the chemical element now called silicon.
Chemists of earlier centuries used silicium before the modern name settled in. Seeing it today usually means you are reading an old textbook or a historical account of how elements were named.
How SILICIUM is used
Rare outside historical chemistry texts, where silicon has long been the standard word.
- The old manual lists silicium among the non-metallic elements.
- Nineteenth-century papers sometimes call the element silicium.
- The word silicium appears in the chemist's early notes.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SILICIUM and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SILICIUM
1 longer words begin with SILICIUM.
Shorter words from the letters in SILICIUM
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Common questions about SILICIUM
- Is SILICIUM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SILICIUM, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SILICIUM worth?
- SILICIUM is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SILICIUM mean?
- An old name for the chemical element now called silicon.
- What letters can be added to SILICIUM?
- SILICIUM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of SILICIUM:
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