SIMLIN is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. SIMLIN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SIMLIN?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SIMLIN is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SIMLIN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
simlinsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SIMLIN scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SIMLIN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 172,461.
What does SIMLIN mean in Scrabble?
noun
North American
A flattened, scalloped-edged summer squash grown especially in the American South.
The simlin is a pale, round squash with a frilled rim, much like a small pie dish in shape, and it is picked young and cooked whole or sliced. The word is a Southern American form of the spelling cymling, which is how some dictionaries list the plant; the name is thought to come from a resemblance to the simnel cake. It is eaten fried, baked or stuffed.
How SIMLIN is used
Regional American usage; cymling is the more common spelling in print.
- She fried the sliced simlin in cornmeal.
- A basket of yellow simlin sat on the porch.
- The garden gave us more simlin than we could eat.
- Grandfather planted one row of simlin every spring.
- Stuffed simlin was a summer dish in her family.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SIMLIN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SIMLIN
1 longer words begin with SIMLIN.
Shorter words from the letters in SIMLIN
Common questions about SIMLIN
- Is SIMLIN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SIMLIN, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SIMLIN worth?
- SIMLIN is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SIMLIN mean?
- A flattened, scalloped-edged summer squash grown especially in the American South.
- What letters can be added to SIMLIN?
- SIMLIN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SIMLIN:
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