SPLENIUS is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. SPLENIUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SPLENIUS?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SPLENIUS is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SPLENIUS
No single letter turns SPLENIUS into another word.
How SPLENIUS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in SPLENIUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 2 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SPLENIUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about SPLENIUS
- SPLENIUS begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SPLENIUS mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
Either of two flat muscles at the back of the neck that run up from the vertebrae to the skull and turn or tilt the head.
The splenius lies beneath the larger surface muscles of the upper back. Physiotherapists mention it when a patient has stiffness while turning the head. Anatomy lessons usually name a splenius capitis and a splenius cervicis.
How SPLENIUS is used
Splenius is an anatomy term, found in medical textbooks and in talk about neck pain.
- A strained splenius can make it painful to look over your shoulder.
- The massage therapist worked on the splenius along the base of the skull.
- Students had to label the splenius on a diagram of the neck.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SPLENIUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SPLENIUS
The 8 tiles of SPLENIUS in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SPLENIUS
1 longer words begin with SPLENIUS.
Shorter words from the letters in SPLENIUS
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Common questions about SPLENIUS
- Is SPLENIUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SPLENIUS, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SPLENIUS worth?
- SPLENIUS is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SPLENIUS mean?
- Either of two flat muscles at the back of the neck that run up from the vertebrae to the skull and turn or tilt the head.
- What letters can be added to SPLENIUS?
- No single letter can be added to SPLENIUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of SPLENIUS:
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