DUNITE is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. DUNITE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DUNITE?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DUNITE is to know. It scores 7 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DUNITE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
dunitesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DUNITE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in DUNITE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 19,162.
What stands out about DUNITE
- The same 6 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does DUNITE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A coarse-grained igneous rock made up almost entirely of the mineral olivine.
Dunite takes its name from Dun Mountain in New Zealand, where the rock was first described in detail, and geologists still use the same name worldwide. Because it forms deep in the earth's mantle and consists mostly of olivine, dunite is typically green to brownish in colour and very dense compared with ordinary surface rocks. It is studied for what it reveals about the composition of the mantle and is sometimes mined for its olivine content.
How DUNITE is used
A technical geological term, used in descriptions of rock types and mantle composition rather than in everyday speech.
- The quarry exposed a thick band of dunite beneath the surface soil.
- Geologists collected samples of dunite to study the mantle's composition.
- The greenish colour of the dunite came almost entirely from olivine crystals.
- This dunite outcrop is one of the largest examples of mantle rock at the surface.
- Workers crushed the dunite for use in industrial refractory bricks.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DUNITE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DUNITE
The 6 tiles of DUNITE in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with DUNITE
1 longer words begin with DUNITE.
Shorter words from the letters in DUNITE
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Common questions about DUNITE
- Is DUNITE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DUNITE, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DUNITE worth?
- DUNITE is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DUNITE mean?
- A coarse-grained igneous rock made up almost entirely of the mineral olivine.
- What letters can be added to DUNITE?
- DUNITE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of DUNITE:
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