STRIDULOUS is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. STRIDULOUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept STRIDULOUS?
| 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: 23 / 100
Our own measure of how useful STRIDULOUS is to know. It scores 11 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for STRIDULOUS
No single letter turns STRIDULOUS into another word.
How STRIDULOUS scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in STRIDULOUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 2 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so STRIDULOUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about STRIDULOUS
- STRIDULOUS 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 STRIDULOUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
literary
Making a loud, harsh, creaking or grating sound.
Stridulous describes noises that are shrill and rasping, such as the song of a cricket or a rusty hinge. It is a literary word that adds a slightly scientific colour to a description of sound.
How STRIDULOUS is used
Used in descriptive writing about insects, voices and mechanical noises.
- The stridulous cry of the cicadas filled the evening.
- A stridulous hinge announced every visitor.
- Her stridulous laughter carried across the hall.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of STRIDULOUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with STRIDULOUS
2 longer words begin with STRIDULOUS.
Shorter words from the letters in STRIDULOUS
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Common questions about STRIDULOUS
- Is STRIDULOUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts STRIDULOUS, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is STRIDULOUS worth?
- STRIDULOUS is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does STRIDULOUS mean?
- Making a loud, harsh, creaking or grating sound.
- What letters can be added to STRIDULOUS?
- No single letter can be added to STRIDULOUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of STRIDULOUS:
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