SILICOSIS is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. SILICOSIS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SILICOSIS?
| 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: 25 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SILICOSIS is to know. It scores 11 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SILICOSIS
No single letter turns SILICOSIS into another word.
How SILICOSIS scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in SILICOSIS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 3 | 4 |
| i | 3 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SILICOSIS has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about SILICOSIS
- SILICOSIS begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SILICOSIS mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
A serious lung disease caused by breathing in fine silica dust.
Silicosis is a danger for miners, stonecutters and sandblasters who work in dusty air for years. It scars the lungs and cannot be cured, so prevention depends on masks and wet cutting.
How SILICOSIS is used
A medical term for an occupational lung disease.
- Many old miners died of silicosis.
- Silicosis causes breathlessness and a persistent cough.
- The firm was fined after workers developed silicosis.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SILICOSIS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in SILICOSIS
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Common questions about SILICOSIS
- Is SILICOSIS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SILICOSIS, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SILICOSIS worth?
- SILICOSIS is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SILICOSIS mean?
- A serious lung disease caused by breathing in fine silica dust.
- What letters can be added to SILICOSIS?
- No single letter can be added to SILICOSIS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of SILICOSIS:
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