ACROLITH is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. ACROLITH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ACROLITH?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ACROLITH is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ACROLITH
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
acrolithsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ACROLITH scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ACROLITH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ACROLITH has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about ACROLITH
- All 8 letters of ACROLITH are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ACROLITH mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
An ancient Greek statue with a wooden body and a head, hands, and feet of stone.
An acrolith saved costly marble by using stone only for the visible flesh, while the draped trunk was timber. Few have survived, since wood decays far faster than stone.
How ACROLITH is used
Used in art history for a particular type of ancient sculpture.
- The museum displays the marble head of an acrolith.
- Only the stone parts of the acrolith survived the centuries.
- An acrolith once stood in the temple, richly draped.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ACROLITH and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ACROLITH
2 longer words begin with ACROLITH.
Shorter words from the letters in ACROLITH
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Common questions about ACROLITH
- Is ACROLITH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ACROLITH, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ACROLITH worth?
- ACROLITH is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ACROLITH mean?
- An ancient Greek statue with a wooden body and a head, hands, and feet of stone.
- What letters can be added to ACROLITH?
- ACROLITH takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ACROLITH:
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