SPILIKIN is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. SPILIKIN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SPILIKIN?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SPILIKIN is to know. It scores 14 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SPILIKIN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
spilikinsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SPILIKIN scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in SPILIKIN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 3 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SPILIKIN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SPILIKIN mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaic
One of the small slips of wood or bone that are piled up and picked out one by one in a parlour game.
The game of spillikins rewards a steady hand, since every other piece must stay still. A single spilikin could also be used as a counter for keeping score in card games.
How SPILIKIN is used
Old-fashioned, found in descriptions of Victorian games, and usually seen in the plural.
- She lifted a spilikin without moving the others.
- Each carved spilikin was no longer than a matchstick.
- The spilikin in the middle of the heap was the hardest to remove.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SPILIKIN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SPILIKIN
1 longer words begin with SPILIKIN.
Shorter words from the letters in SPILIKIN
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Common questions about SPILIKIN
- Is SPILIKIN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SPILIKIN, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SPILIKIN worth?
- SPILIKIN is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SPILIKIN mean?
- One of the small slips of wood or bone that are piled up and picked out one by one in a parlour game.
- What letters can be added to SPILIKIN?
- SPILIKIN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of SPILIKIN:
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