SILUROID is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. SILUROID is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SILUROID?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SILUROID is to know. It scores 9 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SILUROID
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
siluroidsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SILUROID scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in SILUROID, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SILUROID has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SILUROID mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A siluroid is a freshwater catfish belonging to the order that includes the sheatfish and its relatives.
Biologists use siluroid for the whole catfish group rather than a single species. The word turns up mostly in older natural-history writing, and it can also describe anything that resembles those fishes.
How SILUROID is used
Siluroid appears in zoology texts, both as a noun for the fish and as an adjective for catfish-like features.
- The museum labelled the whiskered specimen as a siluroid from a European river.
- Each siluroid in the tank hid under the stones during the day.
- A naturalist described the siluroid as one of the largest freshwater fishes of the continent.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SILUROID and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SILUROID
1 longer words begin with SILUROID.
Shorter words from the letters in SILUROID
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Common questions about SILUROID
- Is SILUROID valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SILUROID, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SILUROID worth?
- SILUROID is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SILUROID mean?
- A siluroid is a freshwater catfish belonging to the order that includes the sheatfish and its relatives.
- What letters can be added to SILUROID?
- SILUROID takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of SILUROID:
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