ESSONITE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. ESSONITE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ESSONITE?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ESSONITE is to know. It scores 8 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ESSONITE
Front hooks — 1
hessoniteBack hooks — 1
essonitesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ESSONITE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ESSONITE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 2 | 12 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ESSONITE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about ESSONITE
- ESSONITE begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ESSONITE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A yellow to brownish-orange variety of garnet, known as cinnamon stone.
Essonite owes its warm honey colour to iron and is a calcium-aluminium garnet. Jewellers cut it into rings and pendants for its spicy glow.
How ESSONITE is used
Used in gemology as a spelling of hessonite.
- The ring held a polished essonite.
- Essonite is sometimes sold as cinnamon stone.
- A cut essonite caught the lamplight.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ESSONITE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ESSONITE
1 longer words begin with ESSONITE.
Shorter words from the letters in ESSONITE
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Common questions about ESSONITE
- Is ESSONITE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ESSONITE, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ESSONITE worth?
- ESSONITE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ESSONITE mean?
- A yellow to brownish-orange variety of garnet, known as cinnamon stone.
- What letters can be added to ESSONITE?
- ESSONITE takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ESSONITE:
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