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Is silica a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word silica is a Scrabble US word. The word silica is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

S1I1L1I1C3A1

Is silica a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word silica is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

S1I1L1I1C3A1

Is silica a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word silica is a Words With Friends word. The word silica is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

S1I1L2I1C4A1

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6-letter words (2 found)

SIALIC,SILICA,

5-letter words (5 found)

CILIA,ILIAC,LAICS,SALIC,SCAIL,

4-letter words (10 found)

AILS,ASCI,CALS,ILIA,LACS,LAIC,LIAS,SAIC,SAIL,SIAL,

3-letter words (12 found)

AIL,AIS,ALS,CAL,CIS,LAC,LAS,LIS,SAC,SAI,SAL,SIC,

2-letter words (7 found)

AI,AL,AS,IS,LA,LI,SI,

You can make 36 words from silica according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of silica

silica

Etymology

Origin: 1585–95; in Latin silex (“hard stone, flint”). Subsequently, silicon was identified by the chemist Antoine Lavoisier in 1787 as a component element of the silex or silicis. Compare silicate.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈsɪl.ɪ.kə/

Noun

silica (countable and uncountable, plural silicas)

  1. Silicon dioxide.
  2. Any of the silica group of the silicate minerals.
    • 1993, Historic American Building Survey, Town of Clayburg: Refractories Company Town, National Park Service, 2:
      Its Blair County property was sited at the foot of ganister-covered Dunnings Mountain to compete with the Mount Union plants making silica bricks for the steel industry.

Synonyms

  • E551 when used as an anti-caking agent

Derived terms

Related terms

  • silex
  • silicon

Translations

See also

  • quartz
  • sand

References

Anagrams

  • Cialis, Liasic, salici, sialic

Source: wiktionary.org