ESCARPMENT is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. ESCARPMENT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ESCARPMENT?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ESCARPMENT is to know. It scores 16 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ESCARPMENT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
escarpmentsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ESCARPMENT scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in ESCARPMENT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 2 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ESCARPMENT has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ESCARPMENT mean in Scrabble?
noun
A long steep slope or cliff that marks the edge of a plateau or separates land of different heights.
Geographers point to an escarpment when high ground ends abruptly in a wall of rock or a sharp slope. In older military writing the word also meant a steep bank cut in front of a fortification.
How ESCARPMENT is used
The word escarpment is common in geography, travel writing and landscape description.
- The road climbs the escarpment in a series of tight bends.
- From the top of the escarpment we could see the whole valley.
- Rain over the years had cut deep gullies into the escarpment.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ESCARPMENT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ESCARPMENT
1 longer words begin with ESCARPMENT.
Shorter words from the letters in ESCARPMENT
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Common questions about ESCARPMENT
- Is ESCARPMENT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ESCARPMENT, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ESCARPMENT worth?
- ESCARPMENT is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ESCARPMENT mean?
- A long steep slope or cliff that marks the edge of a plateau or separates land of different heights.
- What letters can be added to ESCARPMENT?
- ESCARPMENT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of ESCARPMENT:
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