ELUVIAL is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. ELUVIAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ELUVIAL?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ELUVIAL is to know. It scores 10 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ELUVIAL
No single letter turns ELUVIAL into another word.
How ELUVIAL scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in ELUVIAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 343,098.
What does ELUVIAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Relating to eluvium, the loose rock debris left in place where it was weathered.
Geologists use eluvial for deposits that stayed where the parent rock broke down, rather than being carried away by water. An eluvial layer of soil or gravel therefore still resembles the bedrock beneath it.
How ELUVIAL is used
The word eluvial appears mainly in geology and mining, for example in eluvial gold or eluvial soil.
- The prospectors found eluvial gold on the hillside above the creek.
- An eluvial deposit sits close to the rock it came from.
- The surveyor mapped the eluvial zone separately from the river sediments.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ELUVIAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
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Common questions about ELUVIAL
- Is ELUVIAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ELUVIAL, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ELUVIAL worth?
- ELUVIAL is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ELUVIAL mean?
- Relating to eluvium, the loose rock debris left in place where it was weathered.
- What letters can be added to ELUVIAL?
- No single letter can be added to ELUVIAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of ELUVIAL:
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