ASPHALTUM is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. ASPHALTUM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ASPHALTUM?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ASPHALTUM is to know. It scores 16 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ASPHALTUM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
asphaltumsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ASPHALTUM scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in ASPHALTUM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ASPHALTUM has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ASPHALTUM mean in Scrabble?
noun
technicalprinting
A natural black or brown bitumen, brittle and glossy, found near the Dead Sea and in other deposits.
Asphaltum was once ground into varnishes and used in etching and painting for its deep dark tone. Today the common word asphalt has largely replaced it in everyday use.
How ASPHALTUM is used
Mostly found in older texts and in specialist writing about pigments, varnishes and bitumen.
- Old painters mixed asphaltum into varnish to give it a rich brown hue.
- Lumps of asphaltum washed up along the shore of the salt lake.
- The etcher coated the plate with asphaltum before dipping it in acid.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ASPHALTUM and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ASPHALTUM
1 longer words begin with ASPHALTUM.
Shorter words from the letters in ASPHALTUM
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Common questions about ASPHALTUM
- Is ASPHALTUM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ASPHALTUM, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ASPHALTUM worth?
- ASPHALTUM is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ASPHALTUM mean?
- A natural black or brown bitumen, brittle and glossy, found near the Dead Sea and in other deposits.
- What letters can be added to ASPHALTUM?
- ASPHALTUM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of ASPHALTUM:
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