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Silkworm

s 1i 1l 1k 5w 4o 1r 1m 3

About 2 syllables

noun · 8 letters · Less common

  • Scrabble US & Canada : valid
  • Scrabble UK & worldwide : valid
  • Words With Friends : valid
  • Wordle : not valid

What does silkworm mean?

noun

  1. 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

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

    Synonymsgiant silkwormwild wilkworm

Is SILKWORM a valid word?

Game / word listValid?
Scrabble US & Canada (NWL / TWL) Yes
Scrabble UK & worldwide (Collins / SOWPODS) Yes
Words With Friends (ENABLE) Yes
Wordle (guess list) No

How many points is SILKWORM worth?

Scrabble

17 pts
s 1i 1l 1k 5w 4o 1r 1m 3

Words With Friends

19 pts
s 1i 1l 2k 5w 4o 1r 1m 4

Wordfeud

17 pts
s 1i 1l 1k 5w 4o 1r 1m 3

NYT Crossplay

20 pts
s 1i 1l 2k 6w 5o 1r 1m 3

Scores are the sum of the tile values, before premium squares or bingo bonuses.

Words from the letters in SILKWORM

Hooks for SILKWORM

Add one letter to the front or back of SILKWORM to make another word.

Front hooks

None

Back hooks

silkworms

Words that end like SILKWORM

Common words that share the ending -ORM, handy for rhymes, poems and wordplay. Matches are based on spelling, so a few may not rhyme exactly.

performinformplatformconformtransformreformbookwormringwormearthwormrainstormsandstormsnowstormbrainstormdeformuniformformstormnormwormwaveformmisinformchloroformthunderstorm
All words ending in -ORM

Silkworm: quick answers

Is SILKWORM a valid Scrabble word?
Yes. SILKWORM is accepted in both the North American (NWL) and the international Collins Scrabble word lists, and scores 17 points before board bonuses.
How many points is SILKWORM worth?
SILKWORM scores 17 points in Scrabble, 19 in Words With Friends, 17 in Wordfeud and 20 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.
What does silkworm mean?
As a noun, silkworm means “the commercially bred hairless white caterpillar of the domestic silkworm moth which spins a cocoon that can be processed to yield silk fiber”. It has 2 meanings in total, listed above.
What words can you make with the letters in SILKWORM?
You can make 138 shorter words from SILKWORM, such as MILKOS, WORKS, WORMILS, KOWS. See the full list.