GLAUCONITIC is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. GLAUCONITIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 22 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GLAUCONITIC?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GLAUCONITIC is to know. It scores 16 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GLAUCONITIC
No single letter turns GLAUCONITIC into another word.
How GLAUCONITIC scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in GLAUCONITIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so GLAUCONITIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does GLAUCONITIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Containing or resembling glauconite, a green iron-rich mineral found in marine sediments.
Geologists describe a glauconitic sandstone by its greenish grains, which hint that the rock formed on the seabed. The term is useful in field notes and sediment logs.
How GLAUCONITIC is used
Glauconitic is a specialist geology word.
- The glauconitic sandstone gave the cliff a greenish tint.
- A glauconitic layer marked the old shoreline.
- Samples from the glauconitic bed were sent for dating.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GLAUCONITIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in GLAUCONITIC
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Common questions about GLAUCONITIC
- Is GLAUCONITIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GLAUCONITIC, where it scores 22 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GLAUCONITIC worth?
- GLAUCONITIC is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GLAUCONITIC mean?
- Containing or resembling glauconite, a green iron-rich mineral found in marine sediments.
- What letters can be added to GLAUCONITIC?
- No single letter can be added to GLAUCONITIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of GLAUCONITIC:
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