SIMA is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. SIMA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SIMA?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SIMA is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SIMA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SIMA scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in SIMA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 6,051.
What stands out about SIMA
- The same 4 tiles also spell 3 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SIMA mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The dense, silica- and magnesium-rich rock that forms the lower layer of the Earth's crust, especially under the oceans.
Geologists once divided the Earth's crust into two broad layers, and sima named the heavier, darker lower layer found beneath both oceans and continents, contrasted with the lighter sial layer above it. The name sima itself is built from the words silica and magnesium, the two substances richest in this rock.
How SIMA is used
An older technical term from geology, less common in modern plate tectonics.
- Older textbooks describe sima as the layer beneath the oceanic crust.
- Sima is denser than the lighter sial layer above it.
- The diagram labelled the sima layer in dark grey.
- Students learned that sima gets its name from silica and magnesium.
- Sima underlies both the ocean floor and the continents.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SIMA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SIMA
The 4 tiles of SIMA in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with SIMA
14 longer words begin with SIMA.
Words ending in SIMA
2 words end in SIMA. Useful as a back hook: play SIMA onto a word already on the board.
Words with SIMA inside
Showing 24 of 29 words that contain SIMA somewhere in the middle. Words that start with SIMA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SIMA
Common questions about SIMA
- Is SIMA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SIMA, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SIMA worth?
- SIMA is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SIMA mean?
- The dense, silica- and magnesium-rich rock that forms the lower layer of the Earth's crust, especially under the oceans.
- What letters can be added to SIMA?
- SIMA takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of SIMA:
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