ANORTHITIC is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. ANORTHITIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ANORTHITIC?
| 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 ANORTHITIC is to know. It scores 15 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ANORTHITIC
No single letter turns ANORTHITIC into another word.
How ANORTHITIC scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in ANORTHITIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ANORTHITIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ANORTHITIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Of, like or containing anorthite, a calcium-rich feldspar mineral.
Geologists describe a rock or a plagioclase as anorthitic when this lime-rich feldspar dominates it. It is a narrow mineralogical term, met mostly in petrology reports.
How ANORTHITIC is used
Anorthitic appears in geology texts that describe the composition of igneous rocks.
- The lava contained anorthitic plagioclase crystals.
- An anorthitic composition suggests the rock formed from a very hot, calcium-rich melt.
- She compared the anorthitic grains with the sodium-rich ones.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ANORTHITIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ANORTHITIC
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Common questions about ANORTHITIC
- Is ANORTHITIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ANORTHITIC, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ANORTHITIC worth?
- ANORTHITIC is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ANORTHITIC mean?
- Of, like or containing anorthite, a calcium-rich feldspar mineral.
- What letters can be added to ANORTHITIC?
- No single letter can be added to ANORTHITIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of ANORTHITIC:
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