ANDESITE is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. ANDESITE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ANDESITE?
| 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 ANDESITE is to know. It scores 9 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ANDESITE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
andesitesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ANDESITE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ANDESITE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ANDESITE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ANDESITE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A fine-grained grey or brownish volcanic rock of intermediate composition.
Andesite is named after the Andes, where huge amounts of it have erupted from volcanoes above subduction zones. Geologists use it as a clue to the kind of magma and tectonic setting behind a lava flow.
How ANDESITE is used
Andesite is a geology term found in textbooks and field guides.
- The slopes of the cone are built mostly of andesite.
- A sample of andesite showed small pale crystals in a dark paste.
- Andesite lavas are thicker and stickier than basalt.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ANDESITE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ANDESITE
1 longer words begin with ANDESITE.
Shorter words from the letters in ANDESITE
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Common questions about ANDESITE
- Is ANDESITE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ANDESITE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ANDESITE worth?
- ANDESITE is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ANDESITE mean?
- A fine-grained grey or brownish volcanic rock of intermediate composition.
- What letters can be added to ANDESITE?
- ANDESITE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ANDESITE:
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