APHANITE is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. APHANITE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept APHANITE?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful APHANITE is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for APHANITE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
aphanitesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How APHANITE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in APHANITE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so APHANITE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does APHANITE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A very fine-grained rock whose separate minerals cannot be seen without a microscope.
Aphanite forms when molten rock cools quickly, so the crystals have no time to grow large. Geologists call this smooth look aphanitic. Basalt is a familiar example of an aphanitic rock.
How APHANITE is used
Used in geology to describe tightly packed, tiny-grained rock.
- The thin section showed aphanite with no visible crystals.
- Dark aphanite lined the old lava flow.
- He identified the stone as aphanite after checking it with a lens.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of APHANITE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with APHANITE
1 longer words begin with APHANITE.
Shorter words from the letters in APHANITE
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Common questions about APHANITE
- Is APHANITE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts APHANITE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is APHANITE worth?
- APHANITE is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does APHANITE mean?
- A very fine-grained rock whose separate minerals cannot be seen without a microscope.
- What letters can be added to APHANITE?
- APHANITE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of APHANITE:
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