What CICADAS Means
CICADAS is a form of CICADA, which means:
- noun: stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings; male has drum-like organs for producing a high-pitched drone
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
CICADAS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as C3 I1 C3 A1 D2 A1 S1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 62 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In CICADAS
56 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.
6 letter words (1)
5 letter words (8)
4 letter words (22)
3 letter words (16)
2 letter words (9)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.