CALAMITE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. CALAMITE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CALAMITE?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CALAMITE is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CALAMITE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
calamitesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CALAMITE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in CALAMITE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CALAMITE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CALAMITE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A tall, reedlike fossil plant of the Carboniferous period, related to the modern horsetails.
Calamites grew in coal-forming swamps and could reach the height of a small tree. Their jointed stems are among the fossils that miners and collectors turn up in coal measures.
How CALAMITE is used
Used in palaeontology and geology to name the plant or its fossil casts.
- The slab showed the ribbed trunk of a calamite.
- A calamite once towered over the swamp that became coal.
- He found a perfect calamite stem in the shale.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CALAMITE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CALAMITE
1 longer words begin with CALAMITE.
Shorter words from the letters in CALAMITE
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Common questions about CALAMITE
- Is CALAMITE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CALAMITE, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CALAMITE worth?
- CALAMITE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CALAMITE mean?
- A tall, reedlike fossil plant of the Carboniferous period, related to the modern horsetails.
- What letters can be added to CALAMITE?
- CALAMITE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of CALAMITE:
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