Is SILKWORM a word?
SILKWORM is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words With Friends, has 8 letters, and can be rearranged into 0 other words, plus 60 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, SILKWORM is a valid word.
What does silkworm mean?
noun: the commercially bred hairless white caterpillar of the domestic silkworm moth which spins a cocoon that can be processed to yield silk fiber; the principal source of commercial silk.
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
SILKWORM: word details
- Pronunciation: SIHLK-wurm (approx., 2 syllables)
- Length: 8 letters, a long word. It is one of 40,530 8-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 17 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 19 points on the tiles.
- Games: recognised in the combined word list Unscrambly uses for Scrabble and Words With Friends. Acceptance in official tournament lists (TWL, SOWPODS) can vary.
Shorter words inside silkworm
Words you can make from the letters of silkworm.
Solve a whole rack, not just SILKWORM
SILKWORM is one word. If you are holding tiles rather than looking up a single entry, the Scrabble word finder ranks every play from your rack by points, and the Words With Friends solver scores the same letters with WWF values instead, which changes the order of the list.
Frequently asked questions
What does SILKWORM mean?
SILKWORM is a noun. It means: the commercially bred hairless white caterpillar of the domestic silkworm moth which spins a cocoon that can be processed to yield silk fiber; the principal source of commercial silk.
Is SILKWORM a valid word?
Yes, SILKWORM is a valid word. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words With Friends.
Unscrambly validity is based on a large open English word list used across word games. Word acceptance varies by the exact tournament dictionary in use.