ALLOPHANE is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. ALLOPHANE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ALLOPHANE?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ALLOPHANE is to know. It scores 14 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ALLOPHANE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
allophanesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ALLOPHANE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in ALLOPHANE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ALLOPHANE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ALLOPHANE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A pale blue or colourless clay-like mineral made of hydrated aluminium silicate, found in thin crusts and cracks in rock.
Allophane has no regular crystal structure, which sets it apart from most minerals that collectors prize. Geologists meet it mostly in soils formed from volcanic ash.
How ALLOPHANE is used
Used in geology and soil science for a non-crystalline mineral that forms coatings in weathered rock.
- The thin blue crust inside the cave wall turned out to be allophane.
- Soil scientists found allophane in the layers formed from old volcanic ash.
- Under the microscope the allophane showed no crystal faces at all.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ALLOPHANE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ALLOPHANE
1 longer words begin with ALLOPHANE.
Shorter words from the letters in ALLOPHANE
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Common questions about ALLOPHANE
- Is ALLOPHANE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ALLOPHANE, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ALLOPHANE worth?
- ALLOPHANE is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ALLOPHANE mean?
- A pale blue or colourless clay-like mineral made of hydrated aluminium silicate, found in thin crusts and cracks in rock.
- What letters can be added to ALLOPHANE?
- ALLOPHANE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of ALLOPHANE:
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