CHRYSOBERYL is a valid Scrabble word — 24 points
Yes. CHRYSOBERYL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 24 points in Scrabble and 24 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CHRYSOBERYL?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CHRYSOBERYL is to know. It scores 24 from 11 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CHRYSOBERYL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
chrysoberylsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CHRYSOBERYL scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in CHRYSOBERYL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| y | 2 | 2 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CHRYSOBERYL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CHRYSOBERYL mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A very hard yellow-green mineral, a compound of beryllium and aluminium, sometimes cut as a gemstone.
Chrysoberyl, despite its name, is not a true beryl. The famous cat's-eye and colour-changing alexandrite are special varieties of this mineral, so jewellers prize it.
How CHRYSOBERYL is used
Used in mineralogy and the jewellery trade.
- The ring held a polished chrysoberyl the colour of honey.
- Chrysoberyl ranks very high on the hardness scale.
- Alexandrite is a rare form of chrysoberyl.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CHRYSOBERYL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CHRYSOBERYL
1 longer words begin with CHRYSOBERYL.
Shorter words from the letters in CHRYSOBERYL
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Common questions about CHRYSOBERYL
- Is CHRYSOBERYL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CHRYSOBERYL, where it scores 24 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CHRYSOBERYL worth?
- CHRYSOBERYL is worth 24 points in Scrabble and 24 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CHRYSOBERYL mean?
- A very hard yellow-green mineral, a compound of beryllium and aluminium, sometimes cut as a gemstone.
- What letters can be added to CHRYSOBERYL?
- CHRYSOBERYL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of CHRYSOBERYL:
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