GNEISSOID is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. GNEISSOID is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GNEISSOID?
| 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 GNEISSOID is to know. It scores 11 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GNEISSOID
No single letter turns GNEISSOID into another word.
How GNEISSOID scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in GNEISSOID, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so GNEISSOID has to be built on the board across turns.
What does GNEISSOID mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Resembling gneiss, a banded metamorphic rock, in texture or structure.
Geologists call a rock gneissoid when it shows the banding of gneiss without quite being gneiss, often something between granite and true gneiss. The label describes appearance rather than origin.
How GNEISSOID is used
Used in geology to describe banded or foliated rocks.
- The gneissoid granite showed faint bands of dark mineral.
- A gneissoid texture ran through the cliff face.
- The survey noted a gneissoid outcrop near the river.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GNEISSOID and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in GNEISSOID
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Common questions about GNEISSOID
- Is GNEISSOID valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GNEISSOID, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GNEISSOID worth?
- GNEISSOID is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GNEISSOID mean?
- Resembling gneiss, a banded metamorphic rock, in texture or structure.
- What letters can be added to GNEISSOID?
- No single letter can be added to GNEISSOID to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of GNEISSOID:
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