ALTOSTRATUS is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. ALTOSTRATUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ALTOSTRATUS?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 24 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ALTOSTRATUS is to know. It scores 11 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ALTOSTRATUS
No single letter turns ALTOSTRATUS into another word.
How ALTOSTRATUS scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in ALTOSTRATUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| t | 3 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ALTOSTRATUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ALTOSTRATUS mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A grey or bluish sheet of cloud at middle height, covering much of the sky.
Altostratus often thickens ahead of a warm front and can dim the sun to a pale disc. Forecasters watch for it as a sign that rain or snow may follow within hours.
How ALTOSTRATUS is used
A meteorological term, where altostratus is distinguished from higher and lower cloud layers.
- A smooth layer of altostratus spread across the western sky.
- Through the altostratus the sun looked like a frosted lamp.
- The pilot reported altostratus at medium altitude.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ALTOSTRATUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
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Common questions about ALTOSTRATUS
- Is ALTOSTRATUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ALTOSTRATUS, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ALTOSTRATUS worth?
- ALTOSTRATUS is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ALTOSTRATUS mean?
- A grey or bluish sheet of cloud at middle height, covering much of the sky.
- What letters can be added to ALTOSTRATUS?
- No single letter can be added to ALTOSTRATUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of ALTOSTRATUS:
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