ANELASTICITY is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. ANELASTICITY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ANELASTICITY?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ANELASTICITY is to know. It scores 17 from 12 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ANELASTICITY
No single letter turns ANELASTICITY into another word.
How ANELASTICITY scores
Face value of the 12 tiles in ANELASTICITY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ANELASTICITY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ANELASTICITY mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The property of a solid whose deformation under stress depends on time as well as on the size of the stress.
Anelasticity describes materials that spring back, but only gradually, so energy is lost as they settle. Geophysicists use the concept to explain why seismic waves fade as they pass through the Earth.
How ANELASTICITY is used
Appears in physics, materials science and seismology texts.
- The anelasticity of the rock damps the passing waves.
- Measurements revealed a small but clear anelasticity in the metal.
- Models of anelasticity help explain the slow recovery of the sample.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ANELASTICITY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ANELASTICITY
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Common questions about ANELASTICITY
- Is ANELASTICITY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ANELASTICITY, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ANELASTICITY worth?
- ANELASTICITY is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ANELASTICITY mean?
- The property of a solid whose deformation under stress depends on time as well as on the size of the stress.
- What letters can be added to ANELASTICITY?
- No single letter can be added to ANELASTICITY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 12 letters of ANELASTICITY:
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