CALCRETE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. CALCRETE 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 CALCRETE?
| 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 CALCRETE 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 CALCRETE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
calcretesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CALCRETE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in CALCRETE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CALCRETE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CALCRETE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A hard crust of sand and gravel cemented by calcium carbonate, formed in dry soils.
Calcrete forms where water evaporates in semi-arid land and leaves lime behind between the grains. Geologists meet it in deserts and roadside cuttings, and builders treat it as a hard layer to dig through.
How CALCRETE is used
Used in geology and soil science, close in meaning to caliche.
- A layer of calcrete lay a metre below the red soil.
- The bulldozer scraped against hard calcrete.
- Calcrete often forms in dry river valleys.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CALCRETE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CALCRETE
1 longer words begin with CALCRETE.
Shorter words from the letters in CALCRETE
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Common questions about CALCRETE
- Is CALCRETE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CALCRETE, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CALCRETE worth?
- CALCRETE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CALCRETE mean?
- A hard crust of sand and gravel cemented by calcium carbonate, formed in dry soils.
- What letters can be added to CALCRETE?
- CALCRETE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of CALCRETE:
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