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CICHLIDS

8 letters, 16 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What CICHLIDS Means

CICHLIDS is a form of CICHLID, which means:

  1. noun: freshwater fishes of tropical America and Africa and Asia similar to American sunfishes; some are food fishes; many small ones are popular in aquariums

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

CICHLIDS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 16 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as C3 I1 C3 H4 L1 I1 D2 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In CICHLIDS

46 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

7 letter words (1)

6 letter words (3)

5 letter words (5)

4 letter words (16)

3 letter words (13)

2 letter words (8)

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