APPLET is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. APPLET 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 APPLET?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful APPLET is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for APPLET
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
appletsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How APPLET scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in APPLET, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| p | 2 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 459,897.
What does APPLET mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A small program built to do one narrow job, usually run inside a larger application or a web page.
The name is a diminutive of application, formed on the pattern of words like piglet. Early web pages used applets written in Java to draw animations or run small calculators in the browser, and the term spread to the little utilities found in desktop control panels. Today the word sounds slightly dated, because most such features are now built into pages or apps directly.
How APPLET is used
Technical and slightly dated; heard in computing contexts, especially when talking about early web technology.
- The page loaded a tiny applet that converted miles into kilometres.
- Every control panel applet opens in its own small window.
- He wrote an applet to show the time in three cities.
- The old applet no longer runs in modern browsers.
- An applet for checking the weather sat in the corner of the screen.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of APPLET and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of APPLET
The 6 tiles of APPLET in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with APPLET
3 longer words begin with APPLET.
Shorter words from the letters in APPLET
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Common questions about APPLET
- Is APPLET valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts APPLET, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is APPLET worth?
- APPLET is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does APPLET mean?
- A small program built to do one narrow job, usually run inside a larger application or a web page.
- What letters can be added to APPLET?
- APPLET takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of APPLET:
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