AMIANTUS is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. AMIANTUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AMIANTUS?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AMIANTUS is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AMIANTUS
No single letter turns AMIANTUS into another word.
How AMIANTUS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in AMIANTUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so AMIANTUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does AMIANTUS mean in Scrabble?
noun
rare
A fine, silky variety of asbestos.
Amiantus has soft flexible fibres that can be spun into cloth. In antiquity such cloth was admired because fire did not harm it. The word is largely replaced by amianthus and by asbestos in modern usage.
How AMIANTUS is used
Old mineralogical term; very rare today.
- The museum displayed a sample of amiantus fibre.
- Amiantus was once woven into fireproof cloth.
- The collector labelled the silky mineral amiantus.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AMIANTUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with AMIANTUS
1 longer words begin with AMIANTUS.
Shorter words from the letters in AMIANTUS
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Common questions about AMIANTUS
- Is AMIANTUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AMIANTUS, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AMIANTUS worth?
- AMIANTUS is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AMIANTUS mean?
- A fine, silky variety of asbestos.
- What letters can be added to AMIANTUS?
- No single letter can be added to AMIANTUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of AMIANTUS:
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