silicon
NOUN
/sɪləkən/
7 LETTERS · 3 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH S
silicon is a valid 7-letter word worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
S1I1L1I1C3O1N1
1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 =9 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 18TRIPLE WORD → 27
MEANING
What does silicon mean?
NOUN · 1 SENSE
1
A tetravalent nonmetallic element; next to oxygen it is the most abundant element in the earth's crust; occurs in clay and feldspar and granite and quartz and sand; used as a semiconductor in transistors.
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