DIORITIC is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. DIORITIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DIORITIC?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DIORITIC is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DIORITIC
No single letter turns DIORITIC into another word.
How DIORITIC scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in DIORITIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 3 | 9 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DIORITIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does DIORITIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Containing or resembling diorite, a coarse grey igneous rock.
Geologists describe a dioritic rock when it shows the speckled mix of feldspar and dark minerals typical of diorite. Many ancient carvings were cut from dioritic stone because it is hard and takes a polish.
How DIORITIC is used
Used in geology to classify rocks and landscapes.
- The ridge is made of dioritic rock.
- A dioritic boulder lay in the field.
- The lab tested a dioritic sample from the mountain.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DIORITIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in DIORITIC
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Common questions about DIORITIC
- Is DIORITIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DIORITIC, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DIORITIC worth?
- DIORITIC is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DIORITIC mean?
- Containing or resembling diorite, a coarse grey igneous rock.
- What letters can be added to DIORITIC?
- No single letter can be added to DIORITIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of DIORITIC:
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