FULGURITE is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. FULGURITE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FULGURITE?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FULGURITE is to know. It scores 13 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FULGURITE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
fulguritesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FULGURITE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in FULGURITE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so FULGURITE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does FULGURITE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A glassy tube or crust formed when lightning strikes sand or rock and fuses it.
A fulgurite preserves the path of a lightning bolt in stone, often as a hollow, branching tube found in sand dunes. Collectors prize them because they are fragile and form only in an instant of tremendous heat.
How FULGURITE is used
Used in geology and mineral collecting.
- The hikers dug up a fulgurite from the dune, still shaped like a root.
- A fulgurite forms when lightning melts sand into glass.
- The museum displayed a fulgurite as thin as a finger.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FULGURITE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FULGURITE
1 longer words begin with FULGURITE.
Shorter words from the letters in FULGURITE
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Common questions about FULGURITE
- Is FULGURITE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FULGURITE, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FULGURITE worth?
- FULGURITE is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FULGURITE mean?
- A glassy tube or crust formed when lightning strikes sand or rock and fuses it.
- What letters can be added to FULGURITE?
- FULGURITE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of FULGURITE:
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