SILIQUA is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. SILIQUA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SILIQUA?
| 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: 61 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SILIQUA is to know. It scores 16 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SILIQUA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SILIQUA scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in SILIQUA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| q | 1 | 1 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 771,970.
What does SILIQUA mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A long narrow seed pod, as in plants of the cabbage family; also a small Roman silver coin.
In botany a siliqua splits along two seams to release its seeds and is at least three times longer than it is wide. The same word named a Roman coin and a small unit of weight used by jewellers.
How SILIQUA is used
Siliqua is a technical word in botany and ancient history.
- The mustard plant produced a slender siliqua.
- Each siliqua opened to scatter its tiny seeds.
- Archaeologists found a silver siliqua at the Roman site.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SILIQUA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SILIQUA
3 longer words begin with SILIQUA.
Shorter words from the letters in SILIQUA
Common questions about SILIQUA
- Is SILIQUA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SILIQUA, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SILIQUA worth?
- SILIQUA is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SILIQUA mean?
- A long narrow seed pod, as in plants of the cabbage family; also a small Roman silver coin.
- What letters can be added to SILIQUA?
- SILIQUA takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of SILIQUA:
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