ALMANDINE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. ALMANDINE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ALMANDINE?
| 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 ALMANDINE is to know. It scores 12 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ALMANDINE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
almandinesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ALMANDINE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in ALMANDINE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ALMANDINE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ALMANDINE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A deep red to violet-red garnet made of iron and aluminium silicate, widely cut as a gemstone.
Jewellers know almandine as the classic dark garnet, often sold in tones close to wine or blood. Geologists find it in metamorphic rocks such as schist, where it forms small, well-shaped crystals.
How ALMANDINE is used
Appears in mineralogy and jewellery, and sometimes in older writing as a name for a purplish ruby spinel.
- The ring held a large almandine that looked almost black in dim light.
- Tiny crystals of almandine studded the schist sample.
- Most of the red garnet in cheap jewellery is almandine.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ALMANDINE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ALMANDINE
1 longer words begin with ALMANDINE.
Shorter words from the letters in ALMANDINE
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Common questions about ALMANDINE
- Is ALMANDINE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ALMANDINE, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ALMANDINE worth?
- ALMANDINE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ALMANDINE mean?
- A deep red to violet-red garnet made of iron and aluminium silicate, widely cut as a gemstone.
- What letters can be added to ALMANDINE?
- ALMANDINE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of ALMANDINE:
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