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Is SILKWORM a Scrabble word?

✔ In our word list SILKWORM is in ENABLE, the open word list behind Words With Friends and most word apps. For official tournament Scrabble, check Merriam-Webster's Scrabble dictionary.

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What does SILKWORM mean?

  1. nounlarva of a saturniid moth; spins a large amount of strong silk in constructing its cocoon
  2. nounthe 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

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Our word list is ENABLE, first published in 2000 and still used by most word games.

Meanings come from Princeton WordNet (2011). How common a word is comes from wordfreq.

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Is SILKWORM a Scrabble word?

SILKWORM is in ENABLE, the word list Words With Friends closely matches, and most ENABLE words are playable in North American Scrabble. Confirm tournament validity in the official Scrabble dictionary.

How many points is SILKWORM worth?

SILKWORM is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words With Friends, before bonus squares.

What does SILKWORM mean?

Larva of a saturniid moth; spins a large amount of strong silk in constructing its cocoon.