BELEMNITE is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. BELEMNITE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BELEMNITE?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BELEMNITE is to know. It scores 13 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BELEMNITE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
belemnitesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BELEMNITE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in BELEMNITE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 3 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BELEMNITE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does BELEMNITE mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
The bullet-shaped fossil shell of an extinct marine mollusc related to the cuttlefish.
Belemnites are common fossils in rocks of the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods. Collectors find them as dark, pointed cylinders, and folk names once linked them to thunderbolts.
How BELEMNITE is used
Used in geology and fossil collecting for the hard, pointed remains of the creature.
- She found a belemnite in the cliff at low tide.
- A belemnite looks rather like a stone bullet.
- The museum displayed a belemnite beside an ammonite.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BELEMNITE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BELEMNITE
1 longer words begin with BELEMNITE.
Shorter words from the letters in BELEMNITE
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Common questions about BELEMNITE
- Is BELEMNITE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BELEMNITE, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BELEMNITE worth?
- BELEMNITE is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BELEMNITE mean?
- The bullet-shaped fossil shell of an extinct marine mollusc related to the cuttlefish.
- What letters can be added to BELEMNITE?
- BELEMNITE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of BELEMNITE:
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