DIAGENESIS is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. DIAGENESIS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DIAGENESIS?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DIAGENESIS is to know. It scores 12 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DIAGENESIS
No single letter turns DIAGENESIS into another word.
How DIAGENESIS scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in DIAGENESIS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DIAGENESIS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does DIAGENESIS mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The physical and chemical changes that turn loose sediment into solid sedimentary rock.
Diagenesis happens under moderate heat and pressure, before the stage where rock would be called metamorphic. Compaction and cementing of grains are its main processes.
How DIAGENESIS is used
A geology term, found in textbooks and papers on rocks and fossils.
- Diagenesis turned the soft mud into shale.
- Fossils can be altered during diagenesis.
- The study traced diagenesis in the buried limestone layers.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DIAGENESIS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in DIAGENESIS
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Common questions about DIAGENESIS
- Is DIAGENESIS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DIAGENESIS, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DIAGENESIS worth?
- DIAGENESIS is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DIAGENESIS mean?
- The physical and chemical changes that turn loose sediment into solid sedimentary rock.
- What letters can be added to DIAGENESIS?
- No single letter can be added to DIAGENESIS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of DIAGENESIS:
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