BASALT is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. BASALT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BASALT?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BASALT is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BASALT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
basaltsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BASALT scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BASALT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 172,461.
What does BASALT mean in Scrabble?
noun
A dense, dark grey to black volcanic rock, formed from rapidly cooled lava and composed mainly of feldspar and pyroxene.
Basalt is the most common rock produced by volcanic activity on Earth, forming much of the ocean floor as well as many lava plains and mountains on land, wherever molten rock cools quickly at or near the surface. As it cools, basalt often cracks into long, roughly six-sided columns, a pattern seen dramatically at famous natural sites where thick lava flows solidified slowly enough to form regular joints. The rock's fine grain comes from that same fast cooling, which leaves too little time for large mineral crystals to grow, unlike slower-cooling rocks formed deep underground. Basalt has also been imitated in pottery, most notably in a matte black stoneware developed in the eighteenth century that borrowed the rock's name and colour.
How BASALT is used
A standard term in geology for this common volcanic rock, also used loosely of the dark stoneware named after it.
- The cliff face was formed from layers of ancient basalt.
- Hexagonal columns of basalt rose from the shoreline.
- Scientists studied the basalt samples brought back from the seabed.
- The garden path was paved with dark basalt cobbles.
- Wedgwood's black basalt ware became popular with collectors.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BASALT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BASALT
The 6 tiles of BASALT in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with BASALT
7 longer words begin with BASALT.
Shorter words from the letters in BASALT
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Common questions about BASALT
- Is BASALT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BASALT, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BASALT worth?
- BASALT is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BASALT mean?
- A dense, dark grey to black volcanic rock, formed from rapidly cooled lava and composed mainly of feldspar and pyroxene.
- What letters can be added to BASALT?
- BASALT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BASALT:
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