silicon
/sɪləkən/
noun
7 letters3 syllables9 points in Scrabble®12 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS1
NOUN
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.
WORD FORMS
Starts withS
Ends withN
GAME SCORES
Scrabble®9 points
Words With Friends®12 points
Double word18 points
Triple word27 points
GOOD TO KNOW
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Starts & ends withS … N
Syllablessil · i · con
SYNONYMS & RELATED2
atomic number 14si
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