SIMULTANEOUS is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. SIMULTANEOUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SIMULTANEOUS?
| 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: 25 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SIMULTANEOUS is to know. It scores 14 from 12 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SIMULTANEOUS
No single letter turns SIMULTANEOUS into another word.
How SIMULTANEOUS scores
Face value of the 12 tiles in SIMULTANEOUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 2 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SIMULTANEOUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about SIMULTANEOUS
- SIMULTANEOUS runs three vowels in a row, which almost no English word does.
- SIMULTANEOUS begins and ends with the same letter.
- SIMULTANEOUS contains every vowel — A, E, I, O and U.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SIMULTANEOUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Happening, existing or done at exactly the same time.
Simultaneous events overlap in time, whether they are explosions, translations or goals. In chess, a simultaneous display is one in which a master plays many opponents at once.
How SIMULTANEOUS is used
Common in everyday and technical use; simultaneous interpreting is a well-known phrase.
- The two explosions were almost simultaneous.
- She worked as a simultaneous interpreter at the summit.
- The grandmaster gave a simultaneous display against twenty players.
- Simultaneous equations have more than one unknown.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SIMULTANEOUS and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SIMULTANEOUS
3 longer words begin with SIMULTANEOUS.
Shorter words from the letters in SIMULTANEOUS
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Common questions about SIMULTANEOUS
- Is SIMULTANEOUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SIMULTANEOUS, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SIMULTANEOUS worth?
- SIMULTANEOUS is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SIMULTANEOUS mean?
- Happening, existing or done at exactly the same time.
- What letters can be added to SIMULTANEOUS?
- No single letter can be added to SIMULTANEOUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 12 letters of SIMULTANEOUS:
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