SQUILLA is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. SQUILLA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SQUILLA?
| 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: 59 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SQUILLA is to know. It scores 16 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SQUILLA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SQUILLA scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in SQUILLA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| q | 1 | 1 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,059 thousand.
What does SQUILLA mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A mantis shrimp, a burrowing marine crustacean with powerful front claws.
Squilla is also the name of the genus to which these crustaceans were assigned, which is why the word turns up in older natural-history books. The animals dig burrows in mud or under stones along the shore.
How SQUILLA is used
Used in zoology and older natural-history writing.
- The squilla waited in its burrow for a small fish to pass.
- An old textbook showed a drawing of a squilla beside a crab.
- Divers found a squilla hiding under a flat stone.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SQUILLA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SQUILLA
2 longer words begin with SQUILLA.
Shorter words from the letters in SQUILLA
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Common questions about SQUILLA
- Is SQUILLA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SQUILLA, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SQUILLA worth?
- SQUILLA is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SQUILLA mean?
- A mantis shrimp, a burrowing marine crustacean with powerful front claws.
- What letters can be added to SQUILLA?
- SQUILLA takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of SQUILLA:
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