ERBIUM is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. ERBIUM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ERBIUM?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ERBIUM is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ERBIUM
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ERBIUM scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ERBIUM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 114,974.
What does ERBIUM mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
A rare-earth metal, element 68, added to glass to tint it pink and used in fibre-optic cables to boost the signal.
Erbium was named after Ytterby, the Swedish village where its mineral source was found, the same place that gave names to yttrium, terbium and ytterbium. Its salts have a rosy color, and the element is used to amplify signals in optical fiber cables and to color glass pink. The chemical symbol is Er.
How ERBIUM is used
Scientific term; also common in materials science and telecommunications.
- Erbium doping lets fiber cables carry signals over long distances.
- The glass owes its pink tint to a trace of erbium.
- Erbium sits among the lanthanides in the periodic table.
- A Swedish mine gave chemists their first sample of erbium.
- Lasers built around erbium are used in some dental work.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ERBIUM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ERBIUM
The 6 tiles of ERBIUM in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with ERBIUM
1 longer words begin with ERBIUM.
Shorter words from the letters in ERBIUM
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Common questions about ERBIUM
- Is ERBIUM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ERBIUM, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ERBIUM worth?
- ERBIUM is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ERBIUM mean?
- A rare-earth metal, element 68, added to glass to tint it pink and used in fibre-optic cables to boost the signal.
- What letters can be added to ERBIUM?
- ERBIUM takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ERBIUM:
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